by Plato, Thomas G. West
Socrates would have made a great internet troll.
Before I read this, I had no idea why Socrates was tried and put to death. If Plato's (admittedly biased) account is to be believed, it sounds like Socrates was unjustly accused of corrupting youth and was not given a fair trial. I found some of his statements quite brilliant, such as that we are ...
Perhaps the most famous of the Socratic dialogues, the Apology (in the sense of apologia or defense before a tribunal) presents Socrates (469-399 BCE) as he defends himself against charges that he corrupted the youth of Athens and did not honor the proper gods. It is probably not a spoiler to sa...
This is the third time I'm writing this review. First one was my fault, second effing GR's. Eff you! Eff you! But I'm a quite persistent and try as you might, you won't get rid of my review as easily, effing GR! It's just made me more determined to get on with it.NOT INFORMATIVE, NOT A REVIEW. READ ...
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The Apology is Plato's version of Socrates speech given at his trial. At the time it was written, it would not have been expected to be an exact account of what Socrates said. It is, therefore, hard to know how accurate it is, but this does not really matter.The speech is interesting for its polit...
I don't know how much 'philosophy' I got out of it, but this is definitely a beautiful piece. It was only about 30 pages of text, and since it can be found for free online, I would recommend anyone who hasn't read it yet to take out an hour of their life and do it.
I was surprised by how engaging this court scene was. Socrates seemed to be asking for it a little- I would have been annoyed by him, too. He did seem genuinely devoted to shaking things up and questioning everything (especially authority). He made some pretty big claims that he was answering to ...
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