The Death of Socrates by Emily Wilson

The Death of Socrates

Profiles in History

Emily Wilson

247 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction classics history philosophy challenging reflective medium-paced
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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' deat...

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