PLATO Apology

Plato's Apology (Defence) of Socrates is a masterpiece of ancient rhetoric which philosophically illustrates in practice and illuminates in principle Plato's version of Socrates' dialectical method. This edition aims not merely to present and combine valuable recent research but to develop it further. The editor is more sceptical than some recent writers of the historical accuracy of Plato's version of Socrates' defence, and offers an account of the Apology as a work of Plato's own art.

Professor Michael Stokes was emeritus Professor of Greek, University of Durham; formerly Lecturer in Greek, University of Edinburgh and Associate Professor of Classics at Cornell University. His publications include One and Many in Presocratic Philosophy (Center for Hellenic Studies, 1971) and Plato's Socratic Conversations (Athlone Press, London & Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986).

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CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgement INTRODUCTION Abbreviations References to Plato Bibliography PARALLEL GREEK TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION COMMENTARY Index

SOME COMMENTS BY REVIEWERS
"Michael Stokes has translated it faithfully, and provided an excellent commentary." ... "S provides a serious, provocative commentary, a very useful and updated supplement to Burnet's 1924 edition, but with much more detailed philosophical analysis of Socrates' arguments alongside close textual discussion." Classical Review
"S's will clearly be the standard scholarly edition for some time to come." Open University

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