Socrates, Wake Up! An Analysis and Exegesis of the “Preface” in Plato’s Crito (43a1-B9)

Y. Liebersohn

doi:https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-4105_15_2

Socrates, Wake Up! An Analysis and Exegesis of the “Preface” in Plato’s Crito (43a1-B9)

Y. Liebersohn

Department of General History

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In this paper I offer a close analysis of the first scene in Plato’s Crito (43a1-b9). Understanding a Platonic dialogue as a philosophical drama turns apparent scene-setting into an integral and essential part of the philosophical discussion. The two apparently innocent questions Socrates asks at the beginning of the Crito anticipate Crito’s two problems, namely how he regards his friendship with Socrates as opposed to his complicated relations with the polis and its sovereignty. These two questions are an integral part of the philosophical discussion presented throughout the dialogue. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/2183-4105_15_2

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	29-40
Number of pages	12
Journal	Plato Journal
Volume	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-4105_15_2
State	Published - 30 Dec 2015

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