Early Socratic Dialogues
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3.0 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Rich in drama and humour, they include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers the relationship between philosophy and politics. Together, these dialogues provide a definitive portrait of the real Socrates and raise issues still keenly debated by philosophers, forming an incisive overview of Plato's philosophy.
Customer Reviews
Many typos, and mediocre commentary
Nothing written by the great Plato deserves less than ten stars, not five; but this version is full of typos, which is surprising as this is a Penguin book, and what is worse, by annoying commentary, which I entirely skipped after a while. According to the mediocre commentary, the philosophy of Socrates was ineffective at his trial.
Fool, the great Socrates? The man who mocked not only the mob that passed itself as a court, but the stupidity of an entire society, and death itself?
Really? This little and insignificant "commentator" has no better insight than his second hand mediocre thoughts, learned by some other mediocre thinker as he is?
As Schopenhauer wrote: "Do not let others explain to you the meaning of this or that, for this is like letting others chew your food.". He would have said that the commentary in this book is the work of a "university professor".
Read Plato, and draw your own conclusions.