Acastos: Two Platonic Dialogues is Murdoch's philosophical masterpiece featuring fictionalized discussions between the intellectual giants of the classical world, including Socrates and Plato. Described by Acastos, a friend of Plato's, the riveting debates center on the nature of goodness and faith, told through the voices of history's most celebrated thinkers.   Witty and profound, these debates apply the timeless wisdom of history's renowned philosophers...

"This is a dramatic version, in elegant simple English, of four dialogues of Plato: the Euthyphro, the Apology, the Crito, and the Phaedo. Placed together they form a play about the accusation, self-defence, imprisonment and death of Socrates."--Back cover.