by Plato
First published 1984
Plato's seminal dialogues plunge you into the final days of Socrates, the legendary philosopher whose questioning defiance shook ancient Athens. As Socrates faces trumped-up charges of impiety and corrupting the youth, his companions Euthyphro, Crito, and the famed Apology lay bare the clash between Socrates' uncompromising pursuit of truth and the city's demands for order and tradition. Woven together with Aristophanes' biting satire The Clouds, these four texts capture the public furor and private anguish of a thinker whose execution would become a defining moment in Western civilization.
Genres: biography, drama, classics, philosophy, ancient, academic
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
186 pages · Paperback · Cornell Univ Pr