- Socrates Against Athens
- Author: James A. Colaiaco
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: August 30, 2001
- Print Length: 278 Pages
- Product Description
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.
- About the Author
James A. Colaiaco is a Master Teacher in the General Studies Program of the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies. He is the author of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Apostle of Militant Nonviolence (1993) and James Fitzjames Stephen and the Crisis ofVictorian Thought (1983).
- Reviews
“Colaiaco does a commendable job throughout of providing both historical and cultural context for the lay reader attempting to read the Apology and the Crito.” Velvet Yates, University of California, Irvine
“Socrates Against Athens is a welcome addition to the literature on Socrates’ trial and imprisonment. Written in a clear, engaging style, this study can be read profitably by anyone who is interested in the conflict between some of Athens’ citizens and her most famous philosopher.” Thomas C. Brickhouse, John Franklin East Professor of the Humanities, Lynchburg College
“A graceful guide to the dramatic trial of Socrates and why it still matters. James Colaiaco’s well-informed and sometimes provocative explanation of an ancient conflict between democracy and dissidence will enliven the modern debate over civil disobedience.” Josiah Ober, Princeton University