The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates (Kaplan Classics of Law)

Logic is a lawyer's best weapon. To this day, Socrates is the master of rhetoric. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon recorded the great philosopher's dialogues, which are read to this day as a guide for finding weakness in arguments and uncovering hidden truths. Law students have been reading Socrates as long as there have been lawyers.

Like an attorney in a courtroom, Socrates used questions of his followers to teach them to think and reason. In The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates, Xenophon portrays the master dashing opposing arguments as well as mounting his own defense at trial.

Logic is a lawyer's best weapon. To this day, Socrates is the master of rhetoric. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon recorded the great philosopher's dialogues, which are read to this day as a guide for finding weakness in arguments and uncovering hidden truths. Law students have been reading Socrates as long as there have been lawyers.

Like an attorney in a courtroom, Socrates used questions of his followers to teach them to think and reason. In The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates, Xenophon portrays the master dashing opposing arguments as well as mounting his own defense at trial.

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Socrates is one of the most significant of the classic Greek philosophers, and in many respects he is justly considered to be the father of western philosophy. This high esteem in which he is held comes primarily from the works of Plato, the most important of all of Socrates' followers and disciples, and a giant of philosophy in his own right. Socrates never set out to write down any of his own ideas and thoughts, instead devoting all of his philosophical activity to public lectures and discussions. These discussions in particular have left a memorable impression on Socrates' followers. Plato has immortalized them in his writing, and all of the reasoning that he employed was in form of these "Socratic dialogues." Nonetheless, it is never entirely clear how much of the words that Plato attributed to Socrates were really his own, and to what extent did Plato use a figure of Socrates as a narrative and polemical device. As already mentioned, Socrates never wrote anything himself, and...Read more

Socrates is considered by many people, to be the originator from which all modern philosophical thought is derived, in one form or another. Plato's famous Dialogues, are on many a required reading list, in the majority of the thinking class. However, it has been known for a long time, that Plato inserted his own ideas into "his" portrayal of Socrates, while still retaining some of Socratic thought. This is the alternative to Plato, an entirely serious and genuine portrait of the man, so admired by all the world. Xenophon was a historian and philosopher, who wrote this book to prove to the people of Greece, that Socrates was a positive force towards their lives. It is very rare that you can find the print version of this book. It is free here and needed by those, who enjoy Greek philosophy and history.

My first time reading Socrates and this book was great and at anunbeatably great price!
Great quotes and formatted well. Table of contents was helpful as well