| Socrates and the State Contributor(s): Kraut, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691022410 ISBN-13: 9780691022413 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $50.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1987 Annotation: This fresh outlook on Socrates' political philosophy in Plato's early dialogues argues that it is both more subtle and less authoritarian than has been supposed. Focusing on the Crito, Richard Kraut shows that Plato explains Socrates' refusal to escape from jail and his acceptance of the death penalty as arising not from philosophy that requires blind obedience to every legal command but from a highly balanced compromise between the state and the citizen. In addition, Professor Kraut contends that our contemporary notions of civil disobedience and generalization arguments are not present in this dialogue. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 320.010 |
| LCCN: 83017113 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.70 lbs) 350 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Cultural Region - Mediterranean |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This fresh outlook on Socrates' political philosophy in Plato's early dialogues argues that it is both more subtle and less authoritarian than has been supposed. Focusing on the Crito, Richard Kraut shows that Plato explains Socrates' refusal to escape from jail and his acceptance of the death penalty as arising not from a philosophy that requires blind obedience to every legal command but from a highly balanced compromise between the state and the citizen. In addition, Professor Kraut contends that our contemporary notions of civil disobedience and generalization arguments are not present in this dialogue. |