Plato's Apology of Socrates and Crito
With Notes Critical and Exegetical Introductory Notices and a Logical Analysis of the Apology (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Plato's Apology of Socrates and Crito: With Notes Critical and Exegetical Introductory Notices and a Logical Analysis of the Apology<br><br>The text of the present edition of the Apology and Crito is almost throughout in strict conformity with the Bodleian ms., deviations from which are admitted only those places where other reasons seemed to render them absolutely necessary. The critical notes contain a complete account of all passages in which the text of this edition differs from that of Bekker. [In the second edition the text has been rectified and amended on the basis of a collation of the Bodleian ms., which I made in the spring of 1870; and in the Crito I have employed the valuable Tbingen ms. which I collated in July, 1870. Without boasting, I may now say that my edition of the Apology and Crito offers the most correct text extant.]<br><br>Throughout the work, it has been the editor's aim to be as brief and concise as possible. He has not attempted to be original, but carefully to use and arrange the materials amassed by preceding commentators; and if this edition should be found to possess some merit of its own, it will no doubt consist in its arrangement, and in the manner in which the scholarship accumulated by others has been used and sifted. Those who possess only Stallbaum's edition may be inclined to think that much has been borrowed from him: but these persons are requested to study Priestley's Variorum edition in order to convince themselves that in reality Stallbaum frequently owes the better part of his illustrations to preceding commentators.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.