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Title: The Trial and Death of Socrates : Four Dialogues by Plato ISBN: 0-486-27066-1 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 05 February, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The death of a man of honour
Comment: The Greek philosopher Socrates is the the acknowledged Founding Father of Philosophy. Born in Athens circa 470 BC, in the time of its apogee, Socrates lived a poor life, not paying any tribute to the so-called frivolities and luxuries of life, thus irritating his many foes, which took monetary advantage of their philosophical practice. The great Socrates had Plato as his most dedicated disciple, among others, who set himself to write down all Socratic discourses, thus preserving to posterity the very special way of thinking Socrates had, known as "maieuthics". Socrates did not leave to posterity any written document of his handwriting, and that is why that the dedication Plato had to him was important to us. It is something like the work of a match who kindles a very beautiful candle.
Socrates was the son of a midwife and a sculptor and his very particular philosophical method was performed by means of very well-formulated questions, that showed that the answers to the questions asked were already there at the very first time, and only had to be delivered out of the inner self by means of philosophical questioning, something akin to the help a mid-wife does to a pregnant woman in her labours prior before the baby is born.
In my opinion, the most important part of this small booklet is the Apology of Socrates, where the wisest of all men shows to the tribunal that the only superiority he had over his accusers was that he did not pretend to know anything at all, while his accusers boasted a knowledge they did not have. The ideals formulated or used by Socrates ("Know thyself") were later adopted by the Christian religion and evidenced a man in a inner struggle with his internal "daemon", a word which originally had quite another meaning than the modern one, and showed a man with a great coherence in life and, as Nietzche said, most important, a coherence in the face of death, cause to death he was sentenced by his accusers, who were, as predicted by Socrates, to be ruined after his death.
Plato is the apparent heir of the socratic tradition and in this small opus pays his tributes to the master of his youth.
I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Search For Truth
Comment: This book was more than just a reading assignment for AP English class. In the end it turned out to be something I enjoyed reading. I liked how Socrates questioned people until he found the answer he was looking for, or the truth. He was willing to die for something he strongly believed in and I admire that in a person. The book would have been a lot better had Socrates been able to write some of the information down himself, but thanks to Plato, we get to learn about the life of a great man.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Mind's Never-ending Journey for the Truth
Comment: Socrates is a true soul searcher! When this book was assigned to me to read, I wasn't too excited, but by the end I was reading parts that weren't assigned to me. This book is full of logical thinking that changes your whole perspective on things. After reading about Socrates I started thinking in a new fashion. In the book Socrates adresses such topics as the essence of piety, the form of the world, and life after death. It is a shame that Socrates did not write any ideas down himself.
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Title: Symposium and Phaedrus by Plato ISBN: 0486277984 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 31 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $2.00 |
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Title: The Republic by Plato ISBN: 0486411214 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 18 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $2.50 |
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Title: Poetics (Penguin Classics) by Aristotle, Malcolm Heath ISBN: 0140446362 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Politics by Aristotle, T.A. Sinclair, Trevor J. Saunders ISBN: 0140444211 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1992 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Trial of Socrates by I.F. Stone ISBN: 0385260326 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 February, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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