On the daimonion of Socrates

Human liberation, divine guidance and philosophy

by Plutarch and contributor George Cawkwell, Werner Deuse, John Dillon and Robert Parker

Book cover: On the daimonion of Socrates

Extent: 225 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Philosophy

Series: Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia

Language: English

Hardback (Out of print)

(January 2010)

ISBN: 9783161501388

Price: $63.00

Out of stock

Plutarch’s dialogue On the daimonion of Socrates is a unique combination of exciting historical romance and serious philosophical and religious discussion: A narrator from Boeotian Thebes tells his Athenian friend how Thebes was liberated from Spartan domination in a fateful night of midwinter 379/8 BC and connects this with the retelling of a fascinating philosophical discussion about the famous daimonion of Socrates in the afternoon and evening before. Besides presenting an introduction, a revised Greek text, and a new English translation (with copious notes), the volume offers a range of essays on themes providing further insights into this masterly literary piece: on the historical, religious and philosophical background and on thematic connections with other works by Plutarch.

  • By (author) Plutarch
  • With George Cawkwell
  • With Werner Deuse
  • With John Dillon
  • With Robert Parker
  • With Christopher Pelling
  • With Donald A. Russell
  • With Stephan Schroder
  • Edited by Heinz-Günther Nesselrath