The Great Philosophers: Socrates

Socrates

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
Cover of the book The Great Philosophers: Socrates by Anthony Gottlieb, Orion Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Anthony Gottlieb ISBN: 9781780221687
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Publication: September 14, 2011
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Language: English
Author: Anthony Gottlieb
ISBN: 9781780221687
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Publication: September 14, 2011
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Language: English

Socrates 469 - 399BC

'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 the man with best claims to be its founding father.

Yet Socrates' influence was not so easily to be done away with. His words lovingly recorded by his devoted disciple Plato, his doctrines reached a posterity which has, through twenty-seven centuries now, taken him as its teacher.

The marriage of idealism and scepticism in his though; his sense of education as self-discovery; his view of philosophy as preparation for life: these 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...

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Socrates 469 - 399BC

'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 the man with best claims to be its founding father.

Yet Socrates' influence was not so easily to be done away with. His words lovingly recorded by his devoted disciple Plato, his doctrines reached a posterity which has, through twenty-seven centuries now, taken him as its teacher.

The marriage of idealism and scepticism in his though; his sense of education as self-discovery; his view of philosophy as preparation for life: these 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...

More books from Orion Publishing Group

Cover of the book The Good Gut Guide by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book Journals of the Plague Years by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book Back Home by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book John Peel by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book Scenes and Apparitions by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book By Light Alone by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book The Castleford Conundrum by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book Impossible Things Before Breakfast by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book The Hairy Dieters Make It Easy by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book Neuron World by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book Invisible Planets by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book Power Sphere by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book Prisoners of Saturn by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book Kemlo and the Space Invaders by Anthony Gottlieb
Cover of the book The White City by Anthony Gottlieb
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy