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The Trials of Socrates: Six Classic Texts

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This is an excellent idea--collect many of the key biographical works on the death (and life, to some extent) of Socrates in one volume. In one place you get EUTHYPHRO, APOLOGY, CRITO, PHAEDO (the death scene) as well as Aristophones' CLOUDS and Xenophon's SOCRATES' DEFENSE TO THE JURY.

I've been rereading the works of Plato after a hiatus of some years. Hackett's editions appear to be the best. They have good introductions, notes at the bottom of the page (where they are supposed to be), and are reasonably priced. My only complaint is that the margins could be a bit bigger for note taking.

A few key points to make about this book, it is inexpensive, placed in a nice format and order and light weight. It is small, easily fits in my pack and there is some room at the top and bottom to write notes. Not to mention I don't feel bad about writing notes and highlighting because it is so inexpensive. It is a really simple book in terms of format and is accurate to the original texts; I'll let you decide if that is good or bad.

Very good book...Given the proper instructor could help one realize how much in society today reloves around the Socratic method of questioning...