Early Socratic Dialogues
Plato - Author
Trevor J. Saunders - Translator
Trevor J. Saunders - Editor
Trevor J. Saunders - Introduction by
Chris Emlyn-Jones - Editor
ISBN 9780140455038 | 400 pages | 27 Dec 2005 | Penguin Classics | 5.07 x 7.79in | 18 - AND UP
Newly revised - the definitive portrait of Socrates by his greatest pupil
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Rich in drama and humor, this volume of seven dialogues includes the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers the relationship between philosophy and politics. Together, these dialogues provide a definitive portrait of the real Socrates and raise issues still keenly debated by philosophers, forming an incisive overview of Plato’s philosophy.
As the father of Western philosophy, who transformed Greek thought with his questioning insights into life and ethics, Socrates was a powerful inspiration—and major irritant—to the Athenians of his day. After his trial and execution on charges of heresy and the corruption of young minds, his greatest pupil, Plato, wrote these early dialogues as an act of homage. PREFACE T0 2005 EDITION EDITOR'S PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION TO SOCRATES 1. Childish Questions 2. Socrates and His Predecessors 3. The Sources for Socrates 4. Induction 5. Definition 6. Practical Implications 7. Socrates' Paradoxes 8. Socratic Eudaemonism 9. Other Paradoxes 10. The Supreme Socratic Paradox 11. Socratic Elenchus 12. Socrates and Plato 13. Socrates and Greek Democracy 14. The Purpose of the Dialogues ION Introduction Summary Translation with running comment LACHES Introduction Summary Translation with running comment LYSIS Introduction Summary Translation with running comment CHARMIDES Introduction Summary Translation with running comment HIPPIAS MAJOR AND HIPPIAS MINOR Introduction Introduction to Hippias Major Summary Translation with running comment Introduction to Hippias Minor Summary Translation with running comment EUTHYDEMUS Introduction Summary Translation with running comment APPENDIX Some Fragments of Aeschines of Sphettus BIBLIOGRAPHIES SELECTIVE INDEX OF GREEK PERSONAL NAME |
