Socrates On Trial

Author : A. D. Irvine
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802095380
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Socrates on Trial written by A. D. Irvine and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 2,400 years after his death, Socrates remains an iconic but controversial figure. To his followers, he personified progressive Greek ideals of justice and wisdom. To his detractors, he was a corruptor of the young during wartime and one of the reasons Athens had suffered a humiliating defeat to Sparta in 404 BC. Socrates' story is one of historic proportions and his unyielding pursuit of truth remains controversial and relevant to the present day. Socrates on Trial presents the story of Socrates as told to us by Aristophanes, Plato, Xenophon, and others. The play uses fresh language to emphasize what is important in the works of these ancient authors, while at the same time remaining faithful to the general tenor and tone of their writings. Andrew Irvine has created a script that not only fits comfortably into the space of a single theatrical performance, but is also informative and entertaining. Suited for informal dramatic readings as well as regular theatrical performances, Socrates on Trial will undoubtedly appeal to instructors and students, and its informative introduction enhances its value as a resource. Complete with production and classroom notes, this modern recasting of the Socrates story will make riveting reading both inside and outside the classroom.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359861083
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Trial and Death of Socrates written by Plato and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-08-17 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trial and Death of Socrates includes the four Platonic dialogues Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo.

Author : Plato
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486111342
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Trial and Death of Socrates written by Plato and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the most important and influential philosophical works in Western thought: the dialogues entitled Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo. Translations by distinguished classical scholar Benjamin Jowett.

Author : I. F. Stone
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385260326
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Trial of Socrates written by I. F. Stone and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1989-02-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In unraveling the long-hidden issues of the most famous free speech case of all time, noted author I.F. Stone ranges far and wide over Roman as well as Greek history to present an engaging and rewarding introduction to classical antiquity and its relevance to society today. The New York Times called this national best-seller an "intellectual thriller."

Author : C. D. C. Reeve
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780872205895
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Trials of Socrates written by C. D. C. Reeve and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and expertly annotated collection of the classic accounts of Socrates left by Plato, Aristophanes, and Xenophon features new translations of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and the death scene from Phaedo by C. D. C. Reeve, Peter Meineck's translation of Clouds, and James Doyle's translation of Apology of Socrates.

Author : Thomas C. Brickhouse
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691019002
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Socrates on Trial written by Thomas C. Brickhouse and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1990-09-04 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Brickhouse and Nicholas Smith offer a comprehensive historical and philosophical interpretation of, and commentary on, one of Plato's most widely read works, the Apology of Socrates. Virtually every modern interpretation characterizes some part of what Socrates says in the Apology as purposefully irrelevant or even antithetical to convincing the jury to acquit him at his trial. This book, by contrast, argues persuasively that Socrates offers a sincere and well-reasoned defense against the charges he faces. First, the authors establish a consensus of ancient reports about Socrates' moral and religious principles and show that these prohibit him from needlessly risking the condemnation of the jury. Second, they consider each specific claim made by Socrates in the Apology and show how each can be construed as an honest effort to inform the jurors of the truth and to convince them of his blamelessness. The arguments of this book are informed by a critical review of the scholarly literature and careful attention to the philosophy expressed in Plato's other early dialogues.

Author : Nigel Tubbs
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350053694
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Socrates On Trial written by Nigel Tubbs and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socrates On Trial tells of Socrates's return to a modern city that is plagued by prejudice, privilege and populism. On resuming his questioning in the agora he is arrested, interrogated by his prosecutors, questioned by his Judge, and confessed to by his inquisitor. On a Festival Day, he explores a new model for the just city --a city based not on mastery but on learning --before offering a new apology to the court that will, once again, decide his fate. This new/old Socrates offers the city a renewed vision of justice by reconceptualizing the meaning and significance of thinking and education. From the force of Socratic questioning, he unfolds a different logic of truth, freedom, and justice. His conversations exert a gravitational force that draws key cultural elements of the city -- property, wealth, money, family, essence, gendered and racialized identities, production, distribution and consumption -- into its educational orbit. At stake here is the vulnerability of modern democracy to authoritarian leaders and their sponsors. Influenced by sophisticated propaganda people's frustration with democracy is channeled into visceral anger on the one hand, and into disillusioned scepticism and cynicism on the other. Belief in truth and education collapses in exhaustion and fatigue, caught in the headlights of seemingly irresolvable and petrifying rational paradoxes that block all paths to social justice. Socrates On Trial, describing the return of Socrates to the modern city, heralds a new education for such a city.

Author : David Hume
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199263841
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature written by David Hume and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2007-04-19 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David and Mary Norton present the definitive scholarly edition of Hume's Treatise, one of the greatest philosophical works ever written. This second volume contains their historical account of how the Treatise was written and published; an explanation of how they have established the text; an extensive set of annotations which illuminate Hume's texts; and a comprehensive bibliography and index.

Author : Thomas C. Brickhouse
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0198239386
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Socrates on Trial written by Thomas C. Brickhouse and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1990 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interpretation of Plato's Apology of Socrates argues that Plato's Socrates offers a sincere defence against the charges he faces. In doing so the book offers an exhaustive historical and philosophical interpretation of and commentary on the text.

Author : Plato
Publisher : London : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Trial and Death of Socrates written by Plato and published by London : Macmillan. This book was released on 1886 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: