Socrates on Trial

by Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith

Book Overview

Thomas Brickhouse and Nicholas Smith offer a comprehensive historical and philosophical interpretation of, and commentary on, one of Plato's most widely read works, the Apology of Socrates. Virtually every modern interpretation characterizes some part of what Socrates says in the Apology as purposefully irrelevant or even antithetical to convincing the jury to acquit him at his trial. This book, by contrast, argues persuasively that Socrates offers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691019002
• ISBN13: 9780691019000
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"