The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens, and the Search for the Good Life by Bettany Hughes

The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens, and the Search for the Good Life

Bettany Hughes

484 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative slow-paced
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We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did; in his unwavering commitment to truth and in the example of his own life, he set the standard for all subsequent Western philosophy. And yet, for twenty-five centuries, he has remaine...

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