The trial of Socrates, which ended with his condemnation to death, is being revisited in today's Athens. Defenders Plato, Xenophon, and Aristophanes seek to overturn the verdict. A French journalist reports exclusively. And what does Socrates himself have to say about it? Alain Badiou is not only one of the most significant contemporary philosophers but also an author of novels and plays. In The Second Trial of Socrates, he brings philosophy itself to the stage in the form of its probably most famous representative. In the guise of a farce, Badiou addresses the practices of contemporary journalism, outlines the political significance of philosophy, examines the validity of Platonic and communist thought, and takes a look at ancient and present-day Greece. A philosophical farce that is laugh-out-loud funny, dealing with Plato's philosophy.