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Of all writers of speculative philosophy, both ancient and modern, there is probably no one who has attained so eminent a position as Plato. What Homer was to Epic poetry, what Cicero and Demosthenes were to oratory, and what Shakespeare was to the drama of England, Plato was to ancient philosophy, not unapproachable nor unapproached, but possessing an inexplicable but unquestioned supremacy. | 1 Project Gutenberg s Apology Crito and Phaedo of Socrates by Plato This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title Apology Crito and Phaedo of Socrates Author Plato Release Date October 12 2004 EBook 13726 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK APOLOGY CRITO AND PHAEDO Produced by Ted Garvin Jussi Kukkonen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. PLATO S APOLOGY CRITO AND PHEDO OF SOCRATES. Literally Translated By HENRY CARY M.A. Worcester College Oxford With An Introduction By EDWARD BROOKS JR. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES INTRODUCTION TO THE CRITO CRITO OR THE DUTY OF A CITIZEN INTRODUCTION TO THE PHEDO PHEDO OR THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL INTRODUCTION. Of all writers of speculative philosophy both ancient and modern there is probably no one who has attained 2 so eminent a position as Plato. What Homer was to Epic poetry what Cicero and Demosthenes were to oratory and what Shakespeare was to the drama of England Plato was to ancient philosophy not unapproachable nor unapproached but possessing an inexplicable but unquestioned supremacy. The authentic records of his life are meagre and much that has been written concerning him is of a speculative nature. He was born at Athens in the year 427 B.C. His father s name was Ariston and his mother s family which claimed its descent from Solon included among its members many Athenian notables among whom was Oritias one of the thirty tyrants. In his early youth Plato applied himself to poetry and painting both of which pursuits he relinquished to become the disciple and follower of Socrates. It is said that his name was originally Aristocles but that it was changed to Plato on account of the breadth of his shoulders and forehead. He is also said to
