'If you put me to death,' Socrates warned his Athenian judges, 'you will not easily find anyone to take my place.'
So indeed it would prove, a single cup of hemlock robbing the western philosophical tradition of its founding father. Yet Socrates' influence was not so easily to be done away with. His words were lovingly recorded by his devoted disciple Plato, and his teachings have survived for twenty-seven centuries.
His sense of education as self-discovery and his view of philosophy as preparation for life have been the stuff of western thought at its best. So completely did Socrates embody these values, he was prepared to die in their defence.
| ISBN: | 9781474616768 |
| Publication date: | 7th January 2021 |
| Author: | Anthony Gottlieb |
| Publisher: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson an imprint of Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 64 pages |
| Series: | The Great Philosophers |
| Genres: |
Popular philosophy: Meaning of life / finding sense in life Mindfulness Society and culture: general Philosophy |
'If you put me to death,' Socrates warned his Athenian judges, 'you will not easily find anyone to take my place.' So indeed it would prove, a single cup of hemlock robbing the western philosophical tradition of its founding father. Yet Socrates' influence was not so easily to be done away with.
Socrates features in the following genres: Popular philosophy: Meaning of life / finding sense in life, Mindfulness, Society and culture: general, Philosophy
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Socrates was written by Anthony Gottlieb and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson an imprint of Orion
Socrates has 64 pages
Yes it is part of The Great Philosophers series
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