Circle of Socrates (Boys-Stones)

Editor/Translator: Gorge Boys-Stones, Christopher Rowe

ISBN: 9781603849364

Binding: paperback

Section: Philosophy/Rhetoric/Logic

Subtitle: Readings in the First-Generation Socratics

In addition to works by Plato and Xenophon, we know of dozens of treatises and dialogues written by followers of Socrates that are now lost. The surviving evidence for these writings constitutes an invaluable resource for our understanding of Socrates and his philosophical legacy. The Circle of Socrates presents the new—sometimes the first—English translations of a representative selection of this evidence, set alongside extracts from Plato and Xenophon. The texts are arranged according to theme, with concise introductions that provide an overview of the topics and the main lines of thought within them.