ABSTRACT

As an essential companion to Plato's Apology and Crito, Socrates Against Athens provides valuable historical and cultural context to our understanding of the trial.

chapter Chapter 1|11 pages

Introduction: A Tragic Confrontation

chapter Chapter 2|9 pages

Setting The Stage For The Trial

chapter Chapter 3|14 pages

Socrates And Rhetoric

chapter Chapter 4|18 pages

Socrates Confronts His Old Accusers

chapter Chapter 5|19 pages

Socrates' Radical Philosophic Mission

chapter Chapter 6|30 pages

The Athenian Polis Ideal

chapter Chapter 9|15 pages

The Politics Of An Unpolitical Man

chapter Chapter 10|20 pages

The Trial Concludes: Socrates Condemned

chapter Chapter 11|27 pages

Socrates And Civil Disobedience: The Crito

chapter Chapter 12|13 pages

Conclusion: A Conflict Unresolved