Plato.

Defence of Socrates ; Euthyphro ; Crito / Plato ; translated with an introduction and notes by David Gallop. - Oxford ;;New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 - xl, 119 p. 19 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-110) and indexes.

These new translations present Plato's remarkable dramatization of the momentous events surrounding the trial of Socrates in 399 BC, on charges of irreligion and corrupting the young. The Euthyphro, Defence of Socrates, and Crito form a dramatic and thematic sequence, raising fundamental questions about the basis of moral, religious, legal, and political obligation. Plato explores these issues with a freshness and

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