The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues

Among the most important and influential philosophical works in Western thought: Euthyphro, exploring the concepts and aims of piety and religion; Apology, a defense of the integrity of Socrates'' teachings; Crito, exploring Socrates'' refusal to flee his death sentence; and Phaedo, in which Socrates embraces death and discusses the immortality of the soul.