Symposium and the Death of Socrates (Plato)(Paperback)

Symposium and the Death of Socrates (Plato)(Paperback)

With an Introduction by Jane O'Grady. Translated by Tom Griffith.In Symposium, a group of Athenian aristocrats attend a party and talk about love, until the drunken Alcibiades bursts in and decides to discuss Socrates instead. Symposium gives an unsurpassed picture of the sparkling society that

The Last Days of Socrates (Plato)(Paperback)

The trial and death of Socrates (469-399 BCE) have almost as central a place in Western consciousness as the trial and death of Jesus. In four superb dialogues, Plato provides the classic account. Euthyphro finds Socrates outside the court-house, debating the nature of piety, while the Apology is

Trial and Death of Socrates - Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, death scene from Phaedo (Plato)(Paperback / softback)

Defence of Socrates, Euthyphro, Crito (Plato)(Paperback)

These new translations of the Defence of Socrates, the Euthyphro, and the Crito present Plato's remarkable dramatizations of the momentous events surrounding the trial of Socrates in 399 BC, on charges of irreligion and corrupting the young. They form a dramatic and thematic sequence, raising

The Symposium and the Phaedrus: Plato's Erotic Dialogues (Plato)(Paperback)

The Symposium and the Phaedrus are combined here because of their shared theme: a reflection on the nature of erotic love, the love that begins with sexual desire but can transcend that origin and reach even the heights of religious ecstasy. This reflection is carried out explicitly in the speeches

An Analysis of Plato's Symposium (Ellis Richard)(Paperback)

Plato's Symposium, composed in the early fourth century BC, demonstrates how powerful the skills of reasoning and evaluation can be. Known to philosophers for its seminal discussion of the relationship of love to knowledge, it is also a classic text for demonstrating the two critical thinking

Dialogues of Socrates (Plato)(Paperback / softback)

Xenophon: Symposium (Bowen A. J.)(Paperback)

This Symposium has lived so much in the shadow of the famous one by Plato, that it has not received a full commentary in English for well over a hundred years. Yet it gives the only alternative view of Socrates and has a wit and vigour of its own which paints a picture of a Greek society thatmakes

The Ironic Defense of Socrates: Plato's Apology (Leibowitz David M.)(Pevná vazba)

This book offers a controversial new interpretation of Plato's Apology of Socrates. By paying unusually close attention to what Socrates indicates about the meaning and extent of his irony, David Leibowitz arrives at unconventional conclusions about Socrates' teaching on virtue, politics, and the

Philosophy 101 by Socrates: An Introduction to Philosophy Via Plato's Apology (Kreeft Peter)(Paperback)

Philosophy means 'the love of wisdom.' Kreeft uses the dialogues of Socrates to help the reader grow in that love. He says that no master of the art of philosophizing has ever been more simple, clear, and accessible to beginners as has Socrates. He focuses on Plato's dialogues, the Apology of

The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy (Magee Bryan)(Paperback)

Beginning with the death of Socrates in 399 BC, and following the strand of philosophical inquiry through the centuries to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, Bryan Magee's conversations with fifteen contemporary writers and philosophers provide an accessible and exciting

Trials of Socrates - Six Classic Texts (Plato)(Paperback / softback)

Knowledge in a Nutshell: Classical Philosophy - The complete guide to the founders of western philosophy, including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Epicurus (Moore Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Symposium (Plato)(Paperback / softback)

Plato on Love - Lysis, Symposium, Phaedrus, Alcibiades, with Selections from Republic and Laws (Plato)(Paperback / softback)

Plato: Phaedo (Plato)(Paperback)

Plato's dialogue Phaedo portrays Socrates in prison awaiting execution and discussing with his friends the fate of the soul after death. In this edition, consisting of introduction, text and commentary, Professor Rowe guides the reader through the difficulties--linguistic, literary and

The Way of the Platonic Socrates (Ewegen S. Montgomery)(Paperback)

Who is Socrates? While most readers know him as the central figure in Plato's work, he is hard to characterize. In this book, S. Montgomery Ewegen opens this long-standing and difficult question once again. Reading Socrates against a number of Platonic texts, Ewegen sets out to understand the way

The Symposium (Plato)(Paperback)

A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society and

Symposium (Plato)(Paperback)

In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC. The guests--including the comic poet Aristophanes and Plato's mentor Socrates--each deliver a short speech in praise of love. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in Socrates' famous

Plato: Menexenus (Sansone David)(Paperback)

Plato challenges his readers by depicting an elderly Socrates as an enthusiastic student of rhetoric who has learned from his teacher Aspasia to recite an inspiring funeral oration, an oration that conspicuously refers to events occurring after the deaths of Socrates and Aspasia, an oration that

To Be Born: Genesis of a New Human Being (Irigaray Luce)(Paperback)

'According to the words of Phaedrus in the Symposium of Plato, Love, sometimes named Eros, has no parents, no age, no history, and its origin remains unknown to anyone. Love, whose destiny is said to be unique amongst the gods and humans, perhaps embodies desire for a conjunction always in search

Laws (Plato)(Pevná vazba)

Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable; that later

Laws (Plato)(Pevná vazba)

Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable; that later

Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito: Critical Essays (Kamtekar Rachana)(Paperback)

Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, and Crito portray Socrates' words and deeds during his trial for disbelieving in the Gods of Athens and corrupting the Athenian youth, and constitute a defense of the man Socrates and of his way of life, the philosophic life. The twelve essays in the volume, written by