{"product_id":"symposium-and-the-death-of-socrates","title":"Symposium and The Death of Socrates","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith an Introduction by Jane O'Grady. Translated by Tom Griffith.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSymposium,\u003c\/em\u003e a group of Athenian aristocrats attend a party and talk about love, until the drunken Alcibiades bursts in and decides to discuss Socrates instead. \u003cem\u003eSymposium\u003c\/em\u003e gives an unsurpassed picture of the sparkling society that was Athens at the height of her empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe setting of the other dialogues is more sombre. Socrates is put on trial for impiety, and sentenced to death. \u003cem\u003eEuthyphro\u003c\/em\u003e discusses the nature of piety, \u003cem\u003eApology\u003c\/em\u003e is Socrates' speech in his own defence, Crito explains his refusal to escape punishment, and \u003cem\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/em\u003e gives an account of Socrates' last day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese dialogues have never been offered in one volume before. Tom Griffith's \u003cem\u003eSymposium\u003c\/em\u003e has been described as 'possibly the finest translation of any Platonic dialogue'. All the other translations are new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 240 pages | Published July 1997\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63967065997661,"sku":"9781853264795","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781853264795.jpg?v=1774352267","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/symposium-and-the-death-of-socrates","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}