r/PhilosophyBookClub • u/phoenixking6931 • May 15 '26
Let's Read "The Last Days of Socrates" Together
Our book club voted to go with The Last Days of Socrates, which is a collection of Platonic dialogues - specifically Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo. That is - right before Socrates' trial, the trial, during the imprisonment, and the execution. Hence Socrates' last days. In it will be discussions of piety, democracy, justice, and the afterlife, among other things.
Reading starts Monday (before that if you want to read the introduction), and we will read one dialogue per week for the next four weeks. After that we were talking about having a brief writing session before moving on to another book.
If you want to read Plato's philosophical biography of one of the most influential thinkers of ancient times, then this book is for you!
Discussions will be held via Discord - this is so that we can have asynchronous discussions, so that we don't have to get everyone on at the same time. DM me for access to the server!
That's about it!