The Death of Socrates

(Part of the Profiles in History Series)

by Emily Wilson

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There were heroic lives and deaths before and after, but none quite like Socrates'. He did not die by sword or spear, braving all to defend home and country, but as a condemned criminal, swallowing a painless dose of poison. And yet Socrates' death in 399 BCE has figured large in our world ever since, shaping how we think about heroism and celebrity, religion and family life, state control and individual freedom, the distance of intellectual life...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674026837

ISBN13:9780674026834

Release Date:October 2007

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.98 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.3"

Related Subjects

Ancient Ancient & Classical Literature Education & Reference Greece Greek History History & Surveys Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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