Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Trial of Socrates

by Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith

Book Overview

Socrates is one of the most influential philosophers in western civilisation, and Plato his most famous pupil. The Euthyphro, Apology of Socrates, Crito and the death scene from the Phaedo are Plato's account of Socrates' trial and execution, and together they provide the most important depiction of Socrates' ideas.

In this GuideBook, Brickhouse and Smith provide clear explanations of these texts for students coming to them for the first time...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415156823
• ISBN13: 9780415156820
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.8"