neirda reviewed Apologie de Socrate by Plato
Casses couilles ce type
3 stars
Condamné a mort pour etre casses couille, bon livre sinon
Paperback, 87 pages
Portuguese language
Published Sept. 16, 1997 by Edições 70.
4 stars
(24 reviews)
In what relation the Apology of Plato stands to the real defence of Socrates, there are no means of determining. It certainly agrees in tone and character with the description of Xenophon, who says in the Memorabilia that Socrates might have been acquitted 'if in any moderate degree he would have conciliated the favour of the dicasts;' and who informs us in another passage, on the testimony of Hermogenes, the friend of Socrates, that he had no wish to live; and that the divine sign refused to allow him to prepare a defence, and also that Socrates himself declared this to be unnecessary, on the ground that all his life long he had been preparing against that hour.
Review of 'Apology' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Great book. Plato is a great writer and rightfully acclaimed so, and Socrates is a good teacher for creating a student that could write his speech just by knowing what he would have said.
(Yes, according to Xenophon, Plato wasn't really present at the speech)
