SOCRATES DEFENCE

´i´ll stop doing it as soon as i understand what i´m doing.´somewhere between a historical account and work of philosophy, socrates´ defence details the final plea of plato´s beloved mentor.introducing little black classics: 80 books for penguin´s 80th birthday. little black classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of penguin classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. they take us from a balloon ride over victorian london to a garden of blossom in japan, from tierra del fuego to 16th-century california and the russian steppe. here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.plato (474 bc-347 bc). plato´s works available in penguin classics are republic, the last days of socrates, the laws, phaedrus, protagoras and meno, timaeus and critias, theaetetus, early socratic dialogues, the symposium and gorgias.