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The death of Socrates Cover Image Book

The death of Socrates / Emily Wilson.

Wilson, Emily R., 1971- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780674026834
  • ISBN: 0674026837
  • Physical Description: 247 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-236) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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