Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths
A revisionist account of the most famous trial and execution in Western civilization—one with great resonance for American society today.Socrates' trial and death together form an iconic moment in Western civilization. In 399 BCE, the great philosopher stood before an Athenian jury on serious charges: impiety and subverting the young men of the city.” The picture we have of it—created by his immediate followers, Plato and Xenophon, and perpetuated in countless works of literature and art ever since—is of a noble man putting his lips to the poisonous cup of hemlock, sentenced to death in a fit of folly by an ancient Athenian democracy already…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-07290-7
- EAN: 9780393072907
- Produktnummer: 34245880
- Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 782 KB
- Abbildungen: 4 pages of illustrations
Über den Autor
Robin Waterfield, whose many translations include works by Plato, Plutarch, and Aristotle, currently resides on a farm in Greece. His career spans both academia and publishing.
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