{"product_id":"9781625399076","title":"Critias \u0026 Timaeus","description":"\u003cb\u003eTo say Socrates was an influence on Plato would be a vast understatement; historians today still struggle to distinguish Socrates’ philosophical beliefs from Plato’s, because much of Plato’s writings consisted of “Socratic dialogues,” in which the main character, Socrates, discusses the topic of the writing with his followers. \u003c\/b\u003e Yet for all of the influence of Socrates’ life on Plato, it was Socrates’ death around 399 B.C. that truly shaped him.  Plato was so embittered by Socrates’ trial in Athens that he completely soured on Athenian democracy, and he began to travel around the Mediterranean, studying topics like mathematics, honing his approach to philosophical thinking, and continuing to refine his philosophical beliefs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimaeus \u003c\/i\u003eis one of Plato’s dialogues, mostly in the form of a long monologue given by the title character, written circa 360 BC. The work puts forward speculation on the nature of the physical world and human beings. It is followed by the dialogue \u003ci\u003eCritias\u003c\/i\u003e. Speakers of the dialogue are Socrates, Timaeus of Locri, Hermocrates, and Critias. Some scholars believe that it is not the Critias of the Thirty Tyrants who is appearing in this dialogue, but his grandfather, who is also named Critias.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Acheron Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113729245424,"sku":"9781625399076","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781625399076_p0.jpg?v=1763864171","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781625399076","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}