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An edition of Why Socrates died (2009)

Why Socrates died

dispelling the myths

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A revisionist account of the trial and execution of the philosopher draws on Greek sources to separate truth from myth, offering insight into Socrates' character as a deeply moral thinker whose convictions strongly contrasted those of his former student, Alcibaides.

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McClelland & Stewart
Language
English
Pages
253

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Subjects
Trials, litigation, Death and burial, Procès, instances, Mort et sépulture, History, Philosophers, Biography, Histoire, Philosophes, Biographies
People
Socrates, Socrate
Places
Greece, Grèce
Times
Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C., 404-362 av. J.-C. (Hégémonies de Sparte et de Thèbes)

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Why Socrates died: dispelling the myths
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Table of Contents

The trial of Socrates
Socrates in court
How the system worked
The charge of impiety
The war years
Alcibiades, Socrates, and the aristocratic milieu
Pestilence and war
The rise and fall of Alcibiades
The end of the war
Critias and Civil War
Crisis and conflict
Symptoms of change
Reactions to intellectuals
The condemnation of Socrates
Socratic politics
A cock for Asclepius.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. 227-245.

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Toronto

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
183/.2
Library of Congress
B316 .W38 2009

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Pagination
xxv, 253 p., [4] p. of plates
Number of pages
253

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL39468685M
Internet Archive
whysocratesdiedd0000wate_s6f0
ISBN 10
0771088515
ISBN 13
9780771088513
OCLC/WorldCat
282530984

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