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.

List of contents

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About the author

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).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Plato, Plato Xenophon, Xenophon
• Assisted by: Nicholas Denyer (Editor), Nicholas (University of Cambridge) Denyer (Editor), Denyer Nicholas (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9780521765374
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76537-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Classical texts, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Ancient, classical and medieval texts