The Trial and Death of Socrates: Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Death scene from Phaedo by Plato

The Trial and Death of Socrates: Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Death scene from Phaedo

Plato

58 pages • first pub -400 (view editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
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The classical Athenian philosopher Socrates was tried in 399 BCE on the basis of two notoriously ambiguous charges: corrupting the youth and impiety (in Greek, asebeia). A majority of the 501 dikasts (Athenian citizen-jurors) voted to convict him....

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