The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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... Crito , Crito visits Socrates in prison and tries to persuade him to escape . We print below , from the Jowett translation , third edition , Socrates ' argument for submit- ting to the death penalty that the law had imposed on him ...
... Crito , Crito visits Socrates in prison and tries to persuade him to escape . We print below , from the Jowett translation , third edition , Socrates ' argument for submit- ting to the death penalty that the law had imposed on him ...
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... Crito ? Do the laws speak truly , or do they not ? Cr . I think that they do . Soc . Then the laws will say , ' Consider , Socrates , if we are speaking truly that in your present attempt you are going to do us an injury . For , having ...
... Crito ? Do the laws speak truly , or do they not ? Cr . I think that they do . Soc . Then the laws will say , ' Consider , Socrates , if we are speaking truly that in your present attempt you are going to do us an injury . For , having ...
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... Crito's friends in Thessaly , where there is great disorder and licence , they will be charmed to hear the tale of your escape from prison , set off with ludicrous particulars of the manner in which you were wrapped in a goatskin or ...
... Crito's friends in Thessaly , where there is great disorder and licence , they will be charmed to hear the tale of your escape from prison , set off with ludicrous particulars of the manner in which you were wrapped in a goatskin or ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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