Description
Through a series of vivid dialogues and recollections, this work presents Socrates as a practical philosopher engaged with the everyday concerns of friends, citizens, and students. Rather than emphasizing abstract speculation, it explores how reason, self-discipline, piety, justice, leadership, and moral character shape ordinary life. Alongside its portrait of Socratic thought, the book offers an illuminating window into Athenian society, revealing the religious beliefs, political tensions, social customs, and ethical ideals of ancient Greece. Clear-eyed and conversational in style, it remains an important firsthand-style account of one of philosophy’s most influential figures.
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paperback
Penguin
Published Jan 1, 1990
366 pages
ISBN: 9780140445176
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Details
First Published
1990
Language
eng
Translation
Original: Ἀπομνημονεύματα (Apomnemoneumata)
From: grc
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