{"product_id":"socrates-and-the-state-9780691022413","title":"Socrates and the State","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Kraut\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fresh outlook on Socrates' political philosophy in Plato's early dialogues argues that it is both more subtle and less authoritarian than has been supposed. Focusing on the \u003ci\u003eCrito\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Kraut shows that Plato explains Socrates' refusal to escape from jail and his acceptance of the death penalty as arising not from a philosophy that requires blind obedience to every legal command but from a highly balanced compromise between the state and the citizen. In addition, Professor Kraut contends that our contemporary notions of civil disobedience and generalization arguments are not present in this dialogue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46893966229655,"sku":"9780691022413","price":5654.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691022413.webp?v=1770320340","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/socrates-and-the-state-9780691022413","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}