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The Final Days of Socrates
by Plato

Relive the final days of The Father of Western philosophy as he is put on trial for his life. Socrates is accused of impiety and of corrupting the youth of Athens. The punishment? Death.

Enjoy three of Plato’s masterpieces, The Apology, The Crito, and The Phaedo as we trudge alongside Socrates to his inevitable demise at the hands of the Athenian courts.

Enjoy all three texts along with introductions and analysis from Classical Wisdom Weekly. Read along and then discuss the text amongst your fellow society members at our forum.

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Apology, Crito, and Phaedo, by Plato
Translated by Benjamin Jowett
Commentary by Van Bryan
Compiled by by Van Bryan