Bandanna College Classics: The Apology of Socrates, & The Crito

The Apology of Socrates & The Crito

PRE-LAW, POLI SCI, LIT, HISTORY? Read The Apology of Socrates. The trial was real, Socrates defends the purpose of his life. In The Crito, he refuses to flee.

Socrates is accused of corrupting the youth of Athens; he led them to question. His candor may be a calculated strategy — or arrogance. Critics disagree.

The Apology is unique among Plato's dialogues, showing Socrates talking at length about himself. His probing mind, as related by Plato, laid the basis for Western philosophy.

PLATO: The Apology of Socrates & Crito translated by Benjamin Jowett, the 1864 Edition. 46pp., 5th printing. ISBN 978-0-942208-05-4, $9.95

WANT MORE? Check out the contents of the Supplement Edition of The Apology, critics' thoughts on every aspect, plus the appended Xenophon's Apology of Socrates. Or

This Supplement Edition: The Apology of Socrates and The Crito is organized around a series of typical student questions; the answers are short paragraphs gleaned from many critical sources, often contradicting each other. Socrates has had perhaps as many critical detractors as proponents down through history, plus a Glossary for Greek names of people, gods, and events, a Bibliography, and the text of Xenophon's Apology of Socrates.

PLATO: Supplement Edition: The Apology of Socrates & The Crito.
Table of Contents

Preface for Teachers
What is important about the Apology?
What is an apology?
Who was Socrates?
Who was Plato?
Why did Plato write the Apology?
Who else wrote firsthand about Socrates?
Is Plato's text accurate?
What did Socrates' contemporaries say?
Why is this trial taking place now?
What was the larger political picture?
What were the charges against Socrates?
How did Socrates defend himself?
What is the "Socratic problem"?
Why did Socrates attack the early accusers first?
Did the Athenians sentence Socrates unjustly?
What was the public reaction after the trial?
Was Socrates singled out?
What do moderns say about Socrates?
Did Socrates have a gospel or teaching?
Was Socrates anti-democratic?
What is the publishing history of the Apology?
What is important about the Crito?
Bibiography
the text of Xenophon's Apology of Socrates