Readings of Plato's Apology of Socrates: Defending the Philosophical Life - Paperback

by VIVIL Valvik Haraldsen (Editor), Olof Pettersson (Editor), Oda E. Wiese Tvedt (Editor)

Contributors to this volume focus on the character of Socrates as the embodiment of philosophy, employing this as a starting point for exploring various themes in the Apology. These include the relation of philosophy to democracy, rhetoric, politics, or society in general, and the overarching question of what comprises the philosophic life.

Author Biography

Vivil Valvik Haraldsen is lecturer at the University of Bergen. Olof Pettersson is research fellow at Uppsala University. Oda E. W. Tvedt researches history of philosophy at Uppsala University.