The Sacrifice of Socrates

The Sacrifice of Socrates
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Publisher : MSU Press
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 9781609173388
ISBN-13 : 1609173384
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Book Synopsis The Sacrifice of Socrates by : Wm. Blake Tyrrell

Download or read book The Sacrifice of Socrates written by Wm. Blake Tyrrell and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Athenians suffered the shame of having lost a war from their own greed and foolishness, around 404 BCE the public’s blame was directed at Socrates, a man whose unique appearance and behavior, as well as his disapproval of the democracy, made him a ready target. Socrates was subsequently put on trial and sentenced to death. However, as René Girard has pointed out, no individual can be held responsible for a communal crisis. Plato’s Apology depicts Socrates as both the bane and the cure of Greek society, while his Crito shows a sacrificial Socrates, what some might consider a pharmakos figure, the human drug through whom Plato can dispense his philosophical remedies. With tremendous insight and satisfying complexity, this book analyzes classical texts through the lens of Girard’s mimetic mechanism.


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