| Evidence: | [Macaulay's marginalia on the last page of the Crito]: There is much that may be questioned in the reasoning of Socrates; but it is impossible not to admire the wisdom and virtue which it indicates. When we consider the moral state of Greece in his time, and the revolution which he produced in men's notions of good and evil, we must pronounce him one of the greatest men that ever lived." |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 May 1837 and 31 Dec 1839 | ||||||||||
| Country: | India | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Calcutta | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 25 Oct 1800 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Historian and critic |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | India |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Plato |
| Title: | Crito |
| Genre: | Classics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | The edition published in Frankfort, 1602, with a parallel Latin translation by Marsilius Ficinus |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 1660 | |
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| Author: | Thomas Babington Macaulay | |
| Editor: | George Otto Trevelyan | |
| Title: | The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 439-40 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Babington Macaulay, George Otto Trevelyan (ed.), The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay (Oxford, 1978), 2, p. 439-40, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1660, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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