PLATO’S
Apology of Socrates and Crito
and a Part of the Phaedo
WITH INTRODUCTION, COMMENTARY, AND CRITICAL APPENDIX
BY REV. C. L. KITCHEL, M.A.
Instructor in Greek in Yale University
Flexible Binding, 12mo, 188 pages
Price, $1.25
The Dialogues of Plato contained in this volume exhibit the moral qualities of Socrates in their highest manifestations and also give some insight into those intellectual processes by virtue of which he made an epoch in philosophy. In order that this story may not be incomplete or lack its climax, this edition adds to the Apology and Crito (usually given together without that addition) that part of the Phaedo which describes in detail the last sayings and doings of Socrates.
The Introduction gives such a clear and comprehensive outline of the life, character, and philosophy of Socrates that the student cannot fail to see clearly what manner of man he was and why his influence was so decided upon his own time and upon succeeding ages. This historical sketch is followed by other aids to an understanding of Plato’s dramatic representation of his great master and by a critical analysis of the argument pursued in the Dialogues.
The Text adopted in this edition is based upon that of Wohlrab in his revision of the text of Hermann (6 vols., Teubner, Leipzig—Vol. I., 1886). The grammatical and exegetical notes have been drawn freely from many sources but principally from Cron (Teubner, Leipzig, 1895).