Learning Like Socrates
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 242
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Learning Like Socrates introduces students to influential works of classical and philosophical literature that explore ethics, justice, critical thinking, and the pursuit of knowledge. Featuring selections from Plato, Aristotle, Thucydides, Francis Bacon, and Jonathan Swift, the book encourages close reading, discussion, and analysis of enduring questions about morality, government, education, and human behavior.
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 “Of Revenge,” by Francis Bacon
Chapter 2 “A Modest Proposal,” by Jonathan Swift
Chapter 3 “The Melian Dialogue,” from History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides
Chapter 4 Apology, by Plato
Chapter 5 Crito, by Plato
Chapter 6 Euthyphro, by Plato
Chapter 7 Meno, by Plato
Chapter 8 “The Ring of Gyges,” from Republic, by Plato
Chapter 9 “The Divided Line,” from Republic, by Plato
Chapter 10 “The Allegory of the Cave,” from Republic, by Plato
Chapter 11 Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle
Appendix: Reading Questions