Socrates, The Man and His Mission
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Socrates, The Man and His Mission

R. Nicol Cross

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Socrates, The Man and His Mission

R. Nicol Cross

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This book, first published in 1914, examines the life of Socrates and his teaching, and also details the world in which he lived, the Greece of the time experiencing a breakdown of authority in religion, morality and society.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2018
ISBN
9780429865589
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy History & Theory

INDEX

ā€œACHARNIANS, THE,ā€ of Aristophanes, 10, 283, 291n.
Adam, 235
on Socratesā€™ prayers, 240
Ɔschines, 275, 294
Ɔschylus, ā€œAgamemnon,ā€ 92, 214, 215
Agathon, 334
Alcibiades, 40, 295, 334
Alopece, parish of, 9
Amphipolis, Socrates at, 103, 305
Anaxagoras: studied by Socrates, 22, 30
Mind in the Universe, 30
fails to apply the principle, 33, 281, 299
Anaximander, 28
Anaximenes, 28, 281
Antisthenes: Socrates on, 58
on work, 148
Anytus, 299
Apollodorus, 311, 331, 332
ā€œApologyā€ of Plato, its historical value, 300
tribute to Socrates, 336
Apuleius, ā€œDe Deo Socratis,ā€ 216, 250
Archelaos, a teacher of Socrates, 22, 86
Aristarchus, Socratesā€™ conversation with, 143
Aristippus, 86, 196
Aristocracy of Talent, 163
Aristodemus, 208
Aristophanes, see ā€œCloudsā€
on the Gods, 225ā€“227
corruptions of sacrificial system, 237
on contemporary prayer, 238, 239
Aristotle, 7, 38, 127, 155, 176, 180
Aristoxenos, 41
Asceticism and Socrates, 49f.
Asclepius, 332
Aspasia, 23, 291
Athenians, the: their conduct to Socrates, 316, 317
Free-thought among, 225, 318
superstitious element, 317
compared with Christians, 317
Audition, 250
Authorities, for Socrates, 5ā€“8
their incompleteness, 6
its causes, 7
their comparative worth, 8
BECKERā€™S ā€œCharicles,ā€ 11, 47, 63, 65, 84, 291
Bennett, Arnold, quoted, 142, 190
ā€œBirdsā€ of Aristophanes: on Socratesā€™ personal habits, 46, 47, 65, 226, 227
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