The historical Socrates: the popular image of Socrates as a man of immense moral integrity was largely the creation of his pupil Plato. If we examine evidence of his trial, argues Robin Waterfield, a different picture emerges, of a cunning politician opposed to Athenian democracy. History Today (1/1/2009)
...reputation forged by his pupil Plato. In the course of his Apology of Socrates, Plato tells a curious story...Plato's mission, and his Socrates was the mouthpiece for...the project summarised in Plato's ...

Was Socrates a democrat? Melissa Lane looks at the reputation of Socrates, both at the time of his death and in subsequent debates about democracy. History Today (1/1/2002)
...democratic Athens, Socrates (469-399 BC...worth living' (Plato, Apology 38a); his ugly...But the life of Socrates might never have...defence speech'. Plato's Apology describes the...speeches given by ...

WHAT SIDE IS SOCRATES ON IN EVOLUTION DEBATE?(PERSPECTIVE) Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) (5/31/1998)
...and spiritual humility of good old Socrates. At the ripe age of 70, and condemned to die, Socrates is giving a defense of his life in Plato's ``Apology.'' Socrates says, referring to another person...

Kremer, Mark, Editor and Translator. Plato's Cleitophon: on Socrates and the Modern Mind.(Book Review) The Review of Metaphysics (12/1/2004)
...reason as contained in Socrates and all the other distortions...scholars trying to liberate Plato from the grips of conventional...is really a defense or apology for Socratic philosophy...s accusations against Socrates, the discussion is terse...meaning of ...

THE ART OF LIVING: SOCRATIC REFLECTIONS FROM PLATO TO FOUCAULT.(Review) (book review) The Philosophical Review (7/1/2000)
...plausibly be thought to have led Plato to construct such a figure...idea that in portraying the Socrates of the Symposium, Gorgias or even Apology Plato was expressing, among other...there was a dimension to Socrates beyond his (indeed ...

Socrates unbound: the cheeky philosopher has his say again--in corporate training sessions and ancient ruins.(CURRENTS) American Theatre (4/1/2007)
...Queens, N.Y., to perform a reading of Plato's The Apology of Socrates, a re-creation of the speech Socrates delivered in his own defense at his trial...around the Aegean Sea. The figure of Socrates has been handed down to us more or less...

Cross-Examining Socrates. A Defense of the Interlocutors in Plato's Early Dialogues. (Book reviews: summaries and comments).(Brief Article) The Review of Metaphysics (3/1/2001)
...Cross-Examining Socrates. A Defense of the Interlocutors in Plato's Early Dialogues...a re-reading of Plato's early dialogues...characters with whom Socrates engages in debate...as expressed in the Apology, and on withholding...

The Trial of Socrates. The Economist (US) (3/5/1988)
...all. The surviving accounts of Socrates's teaching and trial come from...brilliant and jaundiced of them, Plato. "The Apology" is not a record of what Socrates said at the trial. It is what Plato believed he should have said: at...

Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito; critical essays.(Brief Article)(Book Review) Reference & Research Book News (11/1/2005)
0742533255 Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito; critical...works, which portray Socrates during 399 BCE, when...consider the degree to which Plato's account diverges from the historical record of Socrates' words and deeds. The...