5/22/2023 0 Comments Plato apology and crito![]() ![]() In the Charmides, Socrates discusses temperance and self-knowledge with Critias and Charmides at the fictional early date of the dialogue, Charmides is still a promising youth. Each of the other works in this group represents a particular Socratic encounter. ![]() The Apology represents the speech that Socrates gave in his defense at his trial, and it gives an interpretation of Socrates' career: he has been a “gadfly,” trying to awaken the noble horse of Athens to an awareness of virtue, and he is wisest in the sense that he is aware that he knows nothing. Title on spine rubbed, pencil name and place on front free endpaper, pencil note on front free endpaper verso, front hinge starting, some pencil marginalia. Plato Cary, Henry Plato's Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates (Handy Literal Translations) ![]()
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