Gabriel Danzig

Apologizing for Socrates

How Plato and Xenophon Created Our Socrates

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Produktbeschreibung

Apologizing for Socrates places some of the Platonic and Xenophontic writings in the context of contemporary controversies over Socrates, providing a perspective in which many of the philosophic and literary features of the text can be explained. In addition, it sheds light on the apologetic techniques used by Plato and Xenophon.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9780739132449
• ISBN-10: 073913244X
• Artikelnr.: 28037566

Autorenporträt

By Gabriel Danzig

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter One. Plato and Xenophon on
Socrates' Behavior in Court (The Apologies) Chapter 3 Chapter Two. Building
a Community under Fire (Crito) Chapter 4 Chapter Three. Disgracing Meletus
(Euthyphro) Chapter 5 Chapter Four. Xenophon's Socratic Seductions
(Memorabilia) Chapter 6 Chapter Five. Plato's Socratic Seductions (Lysis)
Chapter 7 Chapter Six. Why Socrates was not a farmer: Xenophon's Apology
for Socrates in Oeconomicus