Apology
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ISBN13: 9781721837571
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Apology by Plato and translated by Benjamin Jowett: The Apology of Socrates. The Apology of Socrates by Plato, is the Socratic dialogue that presents the speech of legal self-defence, which Socrates presented at his trial for impiety and corruption, in 399 BC. There is not much in the other Dialogues which can be compared with the Apology. The same recollection of his master may have been present to the mind of Plato when depicting the sufferings of the Just in the Republic. The Crito may also be regarded as a sort of appendage to the Apology, in which Socrates, who has defied the judges, is nevertheless represented as scrupulously obedient to the laws. In what relation the Apology of Plato stands to the real defence of Socrates, there are no means of determining. It certainly agrees in tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted 'if in any moderate degree he would have conciliated the favour of the dicasts;' and who informs us in another passage, on the testimony of Hermogenes, the friend of Socrates, that he had no wish to live; and that the divine sign refused to allow him to prepare a defence, and also that Socrates himself declared this to be unnecessary, on the ground that all his life long he had been preparing against that hour.
| ISBN-13 | 9781721837571 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1721837574 |
| Weight | 0.16 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 7.01 x 0.07 x 10.00 In |
| List Price | $6.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 32 pages |
| Publisher | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Published On | 2018-06-24 |
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