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Plato: Crito by Plato, C. Emlyn Jones

zb1113's review

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3.0

Not the strongest of the Socratic Dialogues. Notable for the 'personification of laws', 'can good come from bad?', 'what is the just way to respond to evil?', 'what obligation do we have to abide by the laws of our country?'. This text seems to have influenced much of Jesus' philosophy/mythos (third day death, continue living via soul, turn other cheek).

sofibacque's review against another edition

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fast-paced

3.5

bamwhamshazam's review

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2.0

At the beginning, I was like “Ok, I can get behind some of this stuff”, but by the end, Plato made me hate his version of Socrates. I will admit that part of this rating is because I struggled to understand the book’s overall contents. However, I also just thought that this might be one of Plato’s worser pieces of writing. The presentation of the immortality of the soul and the afterlife is a very interesting concept and the implementation of it in a dialogue definitely helps to understand it. I read this as part of my college class and it lead to some very intriguing conversations as well, so I truly thank Plato for that.

starringskie's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

nuska's review against another edition

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3.0

El primero de los diálogos de Platón, la defensa de Sócrates en su juicio acusado de no creer en los dioses y de corromper a los jóvenes. Muy afilados los argumentos del sabio griego, que se negaba a concebir que los atenienses no aspiraran al ideal de virtud y sabiduría, del mismo modo que él.

alliecalls's review against another edition

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3.0

*mic drop*

aishayn's review

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3.0

Platon’nun 5 diyaloğunun bir diğeri. Ben sırayla gitmiyorum, ilk Euthyphro’yu şimdi de Kriton’u okudum ama Euthyphro’dan daha zayıf kaldığını düşünüyorum.
Platon’un hocasını çok sevdiğini ve ona büyük bir saygı duyduğunu bu diyalogla daha iyi anladım. Ona o kadar hayran ki, Platon’un yazılarını okuyarak biz de hayran kalıyoruz.
Sokrates’in oldukça iyi bir iknacı olduğu, ağzının iyi laf yaptığı, kelimelerle arasının sıkı olduğu belli. Bir ara “tamam hak etmişsin cezanı” demedim değil.

ruda_'s review against another edition

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inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

abbytruestory's review against another edition

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challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

malltta's review against another edition

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5.0

Ένας κρυμμένος θησαυρός πλέον, για εμάς τους Έλληνες, η αρχαία ελληνική γραμματεία! Ωστόσο αυτή η σειρά βιβλίων από τις εκδόσεις Κάκτος έχει ως στόχο να την επαναφέρει πάλι κοντά μας, με κατανοητή μετάφραση όλων των αρχαίων έργων.
Η απολογία του Σωκράτους, ένα έργο σημαντικότερο από όσο νομίζουμε, αν σκεφτεί κανείς ότι σύγχρονοι πολιτικοί επιστήμονες ακόμα το μελετούν, αποτελεί ένα διαμάντι γραφής από τον Πλάτωνα. Αν και μικρό, έχει συμπυκνωμένη όλη την νοοτροπία και την πολιτική ζωή της Αρχαίας Αθήνας. Η μετάφραση είναι παραπάνω από κατανοητή, και το κείμενο διαβάζεται πολύ ευχάριστα. Ο Σωκράτης, μέσα από τα μάτια του Πλάτωνα, ήταν ένας άνθρωπος σοφός όπως αναφέρει και στο συγκεκριμένο έργο, την κλασική πλέον φράση: "εν οίδα ότι ουδέν οίδα"