Socrates: A Very Short Introduction
Book 27 of Very Short Introductions
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jul 15, 2019
Words:
45552
Flesch:
51.37
DDC:
183.2
FAST Tags:
Influence (Literary; artistic; etc.),
Socrates,
Plato
LCC:
B317
Book Details
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Description:
In this book, Christopher Taylor explores the relationship between the historical Socrates and the engaging and infuriating figure who appears in Plato's dialogues, and examines the enduring image of Socrates as the ideal exemplar of the philosophic life--a thinker whose moral and intellectual integrity permeated every detail of his life, even in the face of betrayal and execution by his fellow Athenians.
About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.