Rachana Kamtekar

Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito

Critical Essays

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Critical Essays on the Classics Series
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9780742533257
• ISBN-10: 0742533255
• Artikelnr.: 22303291

Autorenporträt

Rachana Kamtekar is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Justice and
Pollution in the Euthyphro Chapter 4 Plato's Euthyphro: An Analysis and
Commentary Chapter 5 Socrates on the Definition of Piety: Euthyphro 10A-11B
Chapter 6 Socratic Piety Chapter 7 From Plato's Apology of Socrates Chapter
8 On the Alleged Historical Reputability of Plato's Apology Chapter 9
Socrates and Athenian Democracy Chapter 10 The Impiety of Socrates Chapter
11 Socrates and Obedience to the Law Chapter 12 Dokimasia, Satisfaction,
Agreement Chapter 13 The Interpretation of Plato's Crito Chapter 14
Conflicting Values in Plato's Crito