The Death of Socrates

Hero, Villain, Chatterbox, Saint

von Emily Wilson

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Socrates is revered as a man who spoke truth to power. Yet his death in 399 BC was the first time in recorded history that a democratic government condemned a person to death for their beliefs. His death was a potent symbol of free speech, and Socrates' fate has haunted Western thought ever since - a guiding influence on Plato, John Stuart Mills, Nietzsche and Martin Luther King.In this incisive survey of philosophy and politics, renowned classicist and translator Emily Wilson unravels ancient philosophy's most enduring - and hardest - questions: why did ancient Athens execute its leading intellectual? How do democracies deal with dissent? And can our own society allow for total freedom of speech and thought?

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Antike
• ISBN: 9781806492633
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2026
• Größe: 196 x 128 mm
• Verlag: Profile Books Ltd