| Title | : | The Apology of Socrates: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader |
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| Author | : | James Harris & Plato |
| Release | : | 2017-10-30 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Nonfiction |
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| 1 | The Apology of Socrates: Adapted for the | James Harris & Plato |
| The Apology of Socrates, by Plato, is the dialogue that presents the speech of legal self-defence, which Socrates presented at his trial for impiety and corruption, in 399 BC. ★ Specifically: The Apology of Socrates is a defence against the charges of “corrupting the youth” and “not believing in the same gods as the city, but in other gods which are novel” to Athens. ★ The Apology of Socrates is the dialogue that depicts the trial, written by Plato who details the final days of the philosopher great Socrates. ★ This book has been carefully adapted into modern English to allow for easy reading. ✓ |
