{"product_id":"supplement-edition-sasha-newborn-9780942208399","title":"Supplement Edition: Apology of Socrates, and The Crito: and the text of Xenophon's Apology of Socrates","description":"The Supplement Edition: Apology of Socrates \u0026amp; The Crito is designed to aid teachers with a wealth of background information and opinions. The Supplement includes the text of the class book Apology of Socrates \u0026amp; The Crito (with the same page numbering), plus the supplement material, with bibliography, glossary, and the text of Xenophon's Apology of Socrates about the same trial from a different point of view. \u003cbr\u003e Benjamin Jowett's early translation of Plato's Apology is remarkably free of Victorianisms, and brings to life the figure of Socrates with an easy colloquialism. Almost the entire dialogue is actually a monologue, battling the demons, real or imaginary, that had haunted him for decades.\u003cbr\u003e The record we have is Plato's rendition of Socrates' words and the court proceedings. Our best assumption is that Plato himself was there-he places himself as a mute audience member in the dialogue. Are Plato's words direct from Socrates' mouth? Common Greek practice by Herodotus, Thucydides and others, was to recreate scenes or even entire speeches from the past as they might have happened; today we would describe taking those liberties with history as docudrama. \u003cbr\u003eThe later dialogues that Plato wrote featuring Socrates have led critics to wonder how much in these texts represent Plato, a systematic philosophizer, and how much could be attributed to actual statements made by Socrates, the perennial seeker.\u003cbr\u003e Xenophon also wrote a work about the same trial; he was not present. The text of his account, with his interpretation of events, follows the Supplement section; however, the Supplement material in this volume does not deal directly with the Xenophon text. Here are the contents of the Supplementary material: \u003cbr\u003eThis Supplement is organized around a series of typical student questions; the answers are short paragraphs gleaned from many critical sources, often contradicting each other. Socrates has had perhaps as many critical detractors as proponents down through history, plus a Glossary for Greek names of people, gods, and events, a Bibliography, and the text of Xenophon's \u003ci\u003eApology of Socrates\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003ePLATO: \u003ci\u003eSupplement Edition: The Apology of Socrates \u0026amp; The Crito\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePreface for Teachers \u003cbr\u003eWhat is important about the Apology? \u003cbr\u003eWhat is an apology? \u003cbr\u003eWho was Socrates? \u003cbr\u003eWho was Plato? \u003cbr\u003eWhy did Plato write the Apology? \u003cbr\u003eWho else wrote firsthand about Socrates? \u003cbr\u003eIs Plato's text accurate? \u003cbr\u003eWhat did Socrates' contemporaries say? \u003cbr\u003eWhy is this trial taking place now? \u003cbr\u003eWhat was the larger political picture? \u003cbr\u003eWhat were the charges against Socrates? \u003cbr\u003eHow did Socrates defend himself? \u003cbr\u003eWhat is the \"Socratic problem\"? \u003cbr\u003eWhy did Socrates attack the early accusers first? \u003cbr\u003eDid the Athenians sentence Socrates unjustly? \u003cbr\u003eWhat was the public reaction after the trial? \u003cbr\u003eWas Socrates singled out? \u003cbr\u003eWhat do moderns say about Socrates? \u003cbr\u003eDid Socrates have a gospel or teaching? \u003cbr\u003eWas Socrates anti-democratic? \u003cbr\u003eWhat is the publishing history of the Apology? \u003cbr\u003eWhat is important about the Crito? \u003cbr\u003eBibiography \u003cbr\u003ethe text of Xenophon's Apology of Socrates \u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sasha Newborn,Plato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0942208390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780942208399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bandanna Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.21d","brand":"Sasha Newborn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438046163199,"sku":"9780942208399","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1afc7304-abee-462e-a1f5-7a77210e5ede.jpg?v=1777168437","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/supplement-edition-sasha-newborn-9780942208399","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}