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Greek Texts: Plato: Crito by Plato (1999, Trade Paperback, Revised edition)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101853994693

ISBN-139781853994692

eBay Product ID (ePID)123033662

Product Key Features

Number of Pages200 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePlato: Crito

SubjectAncient Languages (See Also Latin), History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient & Classical

Publication Year1999

FeaturesRevised, Revised Edition

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorPlato

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Philosophy, Literary Collections

SeriesGreek Texts

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight5.3 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal184

SynopsisPlato's Socrates raises in acute form, and for the first time in European thought, a central question: is it right to disobey the state? This is Socrates' controversial answer., This edition of Plato's "Crito" aims to provide an up-to-date literary and philosophical analysis. It also sets out to provide an introduction, not only to the social and philosophical world of Classical Greece, but also to the personality of one of its greatest thinkers., Plato's Socrates, in prison and being urged to flee execution, raises in acute form, and for the first time in European thought, a central question: is it right to disobey the state? Socrates' controversial answer in "Crito" has generated much contemporary literature, but no English commentary of the Greek text for seventy-five years. This new edition aims to provide an up-to-date literary and philosophical analysis suitable for a wide range of readers, including those with post-beginners Greek. It represents an ideal introduction, not only to the social and philosophical world of Classical Greece, but also to the personality of one of its greatest thinkers.