[Socrates] Stone, I.F.

The Trial of Socrates [With a chapter: “Socrates and Homer”].

First Edition London, Jonathan Cape, 1988. Octavo. XI,282 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name and date of preowner on endpaper. Newspaper-clipping with a Review of this book by Peter Levi, loosely inserted / Newspaper-clipping of an article related to the book by Peter Jenkins also loosely inserted: “Socratic questions for today’s society”.

Includes chapters like:

Socrates and Athens / Socrates and Homer / The Good life: The Third Socratic Divergence / The Prejudices of Socrates / Xenophon, Plato and the Three Earthquakes / How Socrates did his best to antagonize the Jury / How Socrates easily might have won Acquittal / The Four Words / Why did they wait until he was Seventy ? / etc. etc.

Epilogue: Was there a witch-hunt in ancient Athens ?

• Keywords: Altphilologie · Catalogue Greek History & Philosophy · Classical Literature · Classical Literature – Rare · Classical Philology · Classical Studies · Classical Studies – Rare · Classics · Greek History · Greek Philosophy · Philologie · Philology
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 32402AB

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