Plato: The Apology of Socrates and Xenophon: The Apology of Socrates

Provides a student edition of Plato and Xenophon's accounts of how Socrates, on trial for his life, defended himself and his philosophy.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Nicholas Denyer is University Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow and College Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is the editor of two of Plato's other works in the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series (Alcibiades, 2001, and Protagoras, 2008) and the author of Time, Action and Necessity (1981) and Language, Thought and Falsehood in Ancient Greek Philosophy (1991).

Zusammenfassung

Provides an edition suitable for students of Plato and Xenophon's accounts of how Socrates, on trial for his life, defended himself and his philosophy. The Commentary explores literary, linguistic, and philosophical aspects, while the Introduction discusses Socrates, his philosophy, Socratic dialogues, and Athenian legal procedures.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Plato Xenophon, Plato, Xenophon
• Mitarbeit: Denyer Nicholas (Herausgeber), Nicholas (University of Cambridge) Denyer (Herausgeber), Nicholas Denyer (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.03.2019
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur
• EAN: 9780521765374
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76537-4
• Anzahl Seiten: 200
• Serie: Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas
• Themen: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical; Classical texts; Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Ancient, classical and medieval texts