إدعاء مليتس ودفاع سقراط

by Plato, أفلاطون

في هذا العمل الغني من أعمال أفلاطون، لا يقتصر الحديث عن محنة سقراط - وهي محنة الفكر أمام الطغيان - طغيان الأنظمة الاستبدادية التي لا تخشى شيئا مثلما تخشى أشعة الشمس، التي تسلط الضوء على الحقائق وتهتك أستار الزيف.
ما زالت المحنة مستمرة بين الفكر الحر والاستبداد، ومازالت ادعادات المستبدين قائمة على أساس غير شرعي، وما زالت مرافعات الأحرار تخاطب الترايخ وتستنهض الضمير الإنساني.
هذا الكتاب لا يعني الفلاسفة ورجال الفكر وحسب، بل يعني أيضا رجال القانون، لأنه لون طريف من ألوان المرافعة!!..

86 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (c. 427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Plato's most famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He was decisively influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, although much of what is known about them is derived from Plato himself.
Along with his teacher Socrates, and Aristotle, his student, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy. Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years—unlike that of nearly all of his contemporaries. Although their popularity has fluctuated, they have consistently been read and studied through the ages. Through Neoplatonism, he also greatly influenced both Christian and Islamic philosophy. In modern times, Alfred North Whitehead famously said: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."

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[Christine Shouk · Rating 4 out of 5]

" فلقد دنت ساعة الرحيل، أما أنا فإلى الموت، وأما أنتم فإلى الحياة: فحظ أينا أفضل؟ لا أحد يعلم إلا الله! "