| #1568301 in Books | Bristol Classical Press | 1999-06-24 | 1999-06-24 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.1 x5.50l,.33 | File type: PDF | 200 pages | ||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| A Classic Work by Plato|By Joseph Hill|Crito was an elderly friend of Socrates who tried to persuade Socrates to escape from the prison where he was to be executed for the crime of "corrupting the youth" of Athens. This ancient story is presented by Plato in dialogue format, which makes it easy to follow (it is an English translation of the original Greek text, which I taught m|About the Author|Chris Emlyn-Jones is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, UK, and produces distance learning multi-media undergraduate courses in Greek and Roman Cutlure. His publications include Plato: Euthyphro (1991) and
Plato's Socrates, in prison and being urged to flee execution, raises in acute form, and for the first time in European thought, a central question: is it right to disobey the state? Socrates' controversial answer in "Crito" has generated much contemporary literature, but no English commentary of the Greek text for seventy-five years. This new edition aims to provide an up-to-date literary and philosophical analysis suitable for a wide range of readers, including thos...
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