| Description |
247 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Profiles in history |
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Profiles in history (Cambridge, Mass.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [224]-236) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the man who drank the hemlock -- Socrates' philosophy -- Politics and society -- Plato and others : who created the death of Socrates? -- 'A Greek chatterbox' : the death of Socrates in the Roman Empire -- Pain and revelation : the death of Socrates and the death of Jesus -- The apotheosis of philosophy : from enlightenment to revolution -- Talk, truth, totalitarianism : the problem of Socrates in modern times. |
| Subject |
Socrates.
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| ISBN |
9780674026834 alkaline paper |
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0674026837 alkaline paper |
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