Catholic Reading Plan

The Apology of Socrates: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader

Plato

Plato presents Socrates’ defense before his Athenian judges, raising enduring questions about conscience, wisdom, and the examined life.

Philosophy

Original date: Not yet verified

Reading level: Accessible

Reading guides

Source notes & edition details

Peter Kreeft
Named in the published transcript of Kreeft’s lecture.

Explore the themes

reason truth Socrates

Original catalog editions

Independently published (2017), 56 pages
The Apology of Socrates: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader