Socrates
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Socrates
By Jim WhitingOne of the most famous executions in ancient times took place in Athens, Greece in 399 BCE. The philosopher Socrates was found guilty of several crimes by a jury of 500 of his fellow citizens.
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Socrates
By Paul WoodruffSocrates
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Socrates: A Guide for the Perplexed
By Sara Ahbel-RappeDrawing on the various competing sources for Socrates that are available, Socrates: A Guide for the Perplexed guides the reader through the main themes and ideas of Socrates' thought.
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Socrates: A Guide for the Perplexed
By Sara Ahbel-RappeSocrates is regarded as the founder of Western philosophical inquiry. Yet he left no writings and claimed to know 'nothing fine or worthy.' he spent his life perplexing those who...
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Socrates
By Jim WhitingDescribes the life and times of Socrates, a philosopher and teacher in ancient Athens who held that wisdom comes from questioning ideas and values rather than simply accepting what is passed on by parents and teachers.
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Socrates: Quotes & Facts
By Blago KirovThis book is an anthology of 145 quotes from Socrates and 51 selected by Blago Kirov facts about Socrates.
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Socrates: Reason or Unreason as the Foundation of European Identity
By Ann WardIt is at this point that Climacus sets up an analogy between erotic love and faith: just as the passion of self-love “wills its own downfall” when it turns into erotic love for another, so, too, the understanding “will[s] its own ...
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Socrates: True Knowledge Is Knowing What You Don't Know
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Socrates: A Man for Our Times
By Paul Johnson“Spectacular . . . A delight to read.” —The Wall Street Journal From bestselling biographer and historian Paul Johnson, a brilliant portrait of Socrates, the founding father of philosophy In his highly acclaimed style, historian Paul ...
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Socrates: A Very Short Introduction
By Christopher TaylorABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
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Socrates: A Life Examined
By Luis E. NaviaQuoting extensively from these writers' works, Navia shows where biographical agreement exists and where inference and speculation begin, as in the story of the oracle of Delphi proclaiming Socrates the wisest of men.
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Socrates: A Very Short Introduction
By C. C. W. TaylorChristopher Taylor explores the relationship between the historical Socrates and the Platonic character, and examines the enduring image of Socrates as the ideal exemplar of the philosophic life.
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Socrates
By VoltaireGenerally, this is not the most well-known of his works in comparison with Letters on the English which Voltaire published in 1778 or the Dictionnaire philosophique published earlier in 1764.
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Socrates: The Best of Socrates: the Founding Philosophies of Ethics, Virtues & Life
By William HackettThis book describes the life and beliefs of Socrates, one of the most famous ancient Greek Philosophers.
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Socrates
By A. E. Taylor... Plato, in the Collection des Universités de France. RITTER, G. Sokrates. Tübingen, 1931. BRUNS, I. Das literarische Porträt der Griechen (1896), ADAM, J. Editions of the Apology (1905), Crito (1891), Euthyphro (1890), and Protagoras ...
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Socrates: Master of Life
By William Ellery LeonardWhat Socrates stood for in this multitudinous business of salvation will, I hope, be manifest to us in the sequel.
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Socrates: The Father of Ethics and Inquiry
By Natasha C. Dhillon, Jun LimThis absorbing volume chronicles what is known of this unorthodox thinker and his incredible legacy.
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Socrates: Fictions of a Philosopher
By Sarah KofmanSocrates is an flusive figure, Sarah Kofman asserts, and he is necessarily so since he did not write or directly state his beliefs. Kofman suggests that Socrates' avowal of ignorance was meant to be ironic.
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Socrates
By George RudebuschOriginal in approach, lovingly crafted with humor, thought-experiments, and literary references (from the Iliad to Harry Potter), and with close readings of key Socratic arguments, the book brings the strange ???gure of Socrates and his ...
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Socrates: Plato's Apology of Socrates and Crito, With a Part of His Phaedo
By Plato, Benjamin Jowett, Plato JowettThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.