Book 2009

Why Socrates died

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Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Language: English
Published: 2009

Trials, litigation
Death and burial
Procès, instances
Mort et sépulture
History
Philosophers
Biography
Histoire

A revisionist account of the trial and execution of the philosopher draws on Greek sources to separate truth from myth, offering insight into Socrates' character as a deeply moral thinker whose convictions strongly contrasted those of his former student, Alcibaides.