Apology / Crito / Phaedo by Plato
A powerful sequence of dialogues that recounts a philosopher’s courtroom defense, his refusal to escape imprisonment, and his final reflections on death and the soul. The first part presents a spirited defense of a life devoted to questioning and moral inquiry and accepts the legal verdict with principled calm; the second records a conversation in which he rejects an offer of escape, arguing that one must honor the laws and moral obligations even at great cost; the third portrays his last hours as he offers several arguments for the soul’s immortality and treats death as a transition consistent with the life of philosophical pursuit. Together they examine justice, duty, the examined life, and hope for what follows death.
- Published
- -398
- Nationality
- Greek
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 100-150
- Original Language
- Ancient greek (attic greek)
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- Alternate Titles
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- Apology (Apologia)
- Apology of Socrates
- Crito (Kriton)
- Kriton
- Phaedo (Phædo)
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