Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito Critical Essays

by Kamtekar, Rachana; McPherran, Mark; Geach, P T.; Cohen, S Marc; Vlastos, Gregory; Strycker, E De; Slings, S R.; Morrison, Donald; Irwin, Terence; Burnyeat, M F.; Brickhouse, Thomas C.; Smith, Nicholas D.; Kraut, Richard; Bostock, David; Harte, Verity

• ISBN13: 9780742533257
• ISBN10: 0742533255
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-26
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Plato's Euthyrphro, Apology, andCrito 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 leading classical philosophers, investigate various aspects of these works of Plato, including the significance of Plato's characters, Socrates's revolutionary religious ideas, and the relationship between historical events and Plato's texts.

Author Biography

Rachana Kamtekar is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Arizona

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Justice and Pollution in the Euthyphro	p. 1
Plato's Euthyphro: An Analysis and Commentary	p. 23
Socrates on the Definition of Piety: Euthyphro 10A-11B	p. 35
Socratic Piety	p. 49
Plato's Apology of Socrates	p. 72
On the Alleged Historical Reliability of Plato's Apology	p. 97
Was Socrates against Democracy?	p. 127
The Impiety of Socrates	p. 150
Socrates and Obedience to the Law	p. 163
Dokimasia, Satisfaction, and Agreement	p. 175
The Interpretation of Plato's Crito	p. 210
Conflicting Values in Plato's Crito	p. 229
About the Editor	p. 261
About the Contributors	p. 263
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