Socrates and Legal Obligation - Softcover

Allen, R.E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816609659 ISBN 13: 9780816609659

Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd), 1980

Synopsis

Socrates and Legal Obligation was first published in 1981. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

Charged with "impiety" and sentenced to death under the law of Athens, Socrates did not try to disprove the charges or to escape death, but rather held to a different kind of rhetoric, aiming not at persuasion but at truth. In Socrates and Legal Obligation, R.E. Allen contends that Plato's works on Socrates' acceptance of death—the Apology and the Crito — should be considered together and as such constitute a profound treatment of law and of obligation to law. Allen's study of Socrates' thought on these vital issues is accompanied by his own translations of the Apology and the Crito.

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From the Back Cover

Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible to scholars, students, researchers, and general readers. Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The books offered through Minnesota Archive Editions are produced in limited quantities according to customer demand and are available through select distribution partners.

About the Author

R. E. Allen was a professor of philosophy and classics at Northwestern University. He is the editor of Studies in Plato’s Metaphysics and author of Plato’s Euthyphro and the Earlier Theory of Ideas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Trd)
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0816609659
• ISBN 13: 9780816609659
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English