Plato''s Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito - Critical Essays

Informationen zum Autor Rachana Kamtekar is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Klappentext Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, andCrito portray Socrates' words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life. The twelve essays in the volume, written by leading classical philosophers, investigate various aspects of these works of Plato, including the significance of Plato's characters, Socrates's revolutionary religious ideas, and the relationship between historical events and Plato's texts.

Product details

• Authors: Rachana Kamtekar, Kamtekar Rachana
• Assisted by: Rachana Kamtekar (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.11.2004
• EAN: 9780742533257
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3325-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Critical Essays on the Classics Series; Critical Essays on the Classics Series; Critical Essays on the Classic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500