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Socrates: A Man For Our Times (2011)

by Paul Johnson(Favorite Author)
3.6 of 5 Votes: 4
ISBN
0670023035 (ISBN13: 9780670023035)
languge
English
publisher
Viking Adult
review 1: I am certainly no expert on Socrates' but this an easy book to read. It will reasonably inform you of the man much beyond simply readings of Plato's dialogues,; and you can do so with very little effort. Because I know very little of Socrates I do not have the right to give a thorough or critical analysis. However I certainly enjoyed the book and will leave the analysis for the more informed. Now on to Plato and Xenophanes
review 2: De lectura rápida y amena, está escrito con pasión, en un estilo que recuerda en mucho a Will Durant. El marco histórico esta muy bien logrado. No obstante tengo dos críticas. La primera es que algunas conclusiones del autor son absolutamente subjetivas y carecen de rigor científico. La segunda es que abunda innecesariamente
... more en comparaciones grotescas e incorrectas con hechos históricos posteriores o incluso modernos (por ejemplo, los "baptistas" fanáticos de Arkansas), con un lenguaje vulgar innecesario, como si hubiera intentado copiar la "ironía" del Sócrates, pero sin éxito. less
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cassidy
A biographical account of Socrates for the general reader and not Philosophy students.
nicola6283
Good biography. The author makes sure the historical context is part of the story.
Guangzhou
still reading but always my fave History writer & Biographer....
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