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In unravelling the long-hidden issues of the most famous free speech case of all time, noted author I.F. Stone ranges far and wide over Roman as well as Greek history to present an engaging and rewarding introduction to classical antiquity and its relevance to society today.The New York Timescalled this national best-seller an "intellectual thriller."
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Table of Contents
Title Page.
Page 5
CONTENTS.
Page 9
PREFACE.
How This Book Came to Be Written
Page 11
PRELUDE.
Page 17
PART I.
SOCRATES AND ATHENS
Page 21
Chapter 1.
THEIR BASIC DIFFERENCES
Page 23
Chapter 2.
SOCRATES AND HOMER
Page 34
Chapter 3.
THE CLUE IN THE THERSITES STORY
Page 42
Chapter 4.
THE NATURE OF VIRTUE AND OF KNOWLEDGE
Page 53
Chapter 5.
COURAGE AS VIRTUE
Page 66
Chapter 6.
A WILD GOOSE CHASE The Socratic Search for Absolute Definitions
Page 82
Chapter 7.
SOCRATES AND RHETORIC
Page 104
Chapter 8.
THE GOOD LIFE The Third Socratic Divergence
Page 112
Chapter 9.
THE PREJUDICES OF SOCRATES
Page 131
Part II.
THE ORDEAL
Page 145
Chapter 10.
WHY DID THEY WAIT UNTIL HE WAS SEVENTY?
Page 147
Chapter 11.
THE THREE EARTHQUAKES
Page 154
Chapter 12.
XENOPHON, PLATO, AND THE THREE EARTHQUAKES
Page 171
Chapter 13.
THE PRINCIPAL ACCUSER
Page 188
Chapter 14.
HOW SOCRATES DID HIS BEST TO ANTAGONIZE THE JURY
Page 195
Chapter 15.
HOW SOCRATES EASILY MIGHT HAVE WON ACQUITTAL
Page 211
Chapter 16.
WHAT SOCRATES SHOULD HAVE SAID
Page 224
Chapter 17.
THE FOUR WORDS
Page 229
Chapter 18.
THE FINAL QUESTION
Page 239
EPILOGUE.
Was There a Witch-hunt in Ancient Athens?
Page 245
NOTES.
Page 263
Prelude.
Page 263
Chapter 1.
Their Basic Differences
Page 263
Chapter 2.
Socrates and Homer
Page 264
Chapter 3.
The Clue in the Thersites Story
Page 264
Chapter 4.
The Nature of Virtue and of Knowledge
Page 265
Chapter 5.
Courage as Virtue
Page 266
Chapter 6.
A Wild Goose Chase: The Socratic Search for Absolute Definitions
Page 266
Chapter 7.
Socrates and Rhetoric
Page 267
Chapter 8.
The Good Life: The Third Socratic Divergence
Page 268
Chapter 9.
The Prejudices Of Socrates
Page 269
Chapter 10.
Why Did They Wait Until He Was Seventy?
Page 270
Chapter 11.
The Three Earthquakes
Page 271
Chapter 12.
Xenophon, Plato, and the Three Earthquakes
Page 272
Chapter 13.
The Principal Accuser
Page 273
Chapter 14.
How Socrates Did His Best to Antagonize the Jury
Page 274
Chapter 15.
How Socrates Easily Might Have Won Acquittal
Page 276
Chapter 16.
What Socrates Should Have Said
Page 277
Chapter 17.
The Four Words
Page 277
Chapter 18.
The Final Question
Page 280
Epilogue.
Was There a Witch-hunt in Ancient Athens?
Page 280
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
Page 283
INDEX.
Page 285
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. [249]-267.
Originally published by Little, Brown and Company in 1988.
Includes index.
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