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| | Book Title: | | Socrates: A Source Book | | Book Author: | | John Ferguson | | Condition: | | From the back cover of the book (from 1970):
The main body of the book is a collection in English
of ancient source-material on Socrates. Plato and
Xenophon are treated in selection, and there is a
comprehensive coverage of other authors down to the
Byzantine era, the major omissions being repetitive
passages, passages dependent on Plato and
Xenophon, and passages which are plainly without
historical value. Works presented in full are Plato,
Apology, Cr/to, A/c/blades I; Xenophon, Apology;
Libanius, On the Silence of Socrates, Apology. Brief
notes and cross-references are appended where
necessary An introduction explains the main
problems associated with the evidence, gives a brief
account of the historical and intellectual background
to Socrates, identifies fact from fiction in the
biography, and essays an evaluation of his
contribution to the history of thought. The evidence
is there for students to make up their own minds.
Many of the passages are translated for the first time.
Professor John Ferguson is Dean and Director of
Studies in Arts at The Open University. He has
previously held Chairs of Classics at the Universities
of Ibadan and Minnesota.
Britain’s Open University is an exciting new
development which enables adults to study for both
undergraduate and postgraduate degrees by means
of correspondence material, radio and television
programmes, and residential summer schools.
Socrates is one of the set books for the Foundation
year undergraduate course in the Arts. | | Date requested: | | March 8, 2011 / 11:53 PM | | Date concluded: | | March 12, 2011 / 3:13 AM |
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