Socrates' Defence: Penguin Little Black Classics No. 52

Author: Plato

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Price : $1.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780141397641
Publisher : Penguin Books Ltd
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Publication date : 01 January 2015
Dimensions : 161mm X 111mm X 5mm
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'I'll stop doing it as soon as I understand what I'm doing.' Somewhere between a historical account and work of philosophy, Socrates' Defence details the final plea of Plato's beloved mentor.

Sentenced to death for corrupting the youth of ancient Athens, Socrates, Plato's teacher, founded western philosophy.

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Plato (474 BC-347 BC). Plato's works available in Penguin Classics are Republic, The Last Days of Socrates, The Laws, Phaedrus, Protagoras and Meno, Timaeus and Critias, Theaetetus, Early Socratic Dialogues, The Symposium and Gorgias.

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