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Socrates : a very short introduction

Author: C C W Taylor
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Series: Very short introductions, 27.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Christopher Taylor explores the relationship between the historical Socrates and Plantonic characher, and examines the enduring image of Socrates as the ideal exemplar of the philosophic life; a thinker whose moral and intellectual integrity permeated every detail of his life, even in the face of betrayal and execution by his fellow Athenians.
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Named Person: Socrates.; Socrates
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: C C W Taylor
ISBN: 0192854127 9780192854124
OCLC Number: 44184300
Description: 122 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Contents: Introduction --
Life--
Socratic literature and the Socratic problem --
Plato's Socrates --
Socrates and later philosophy --
Conclusion.
Series Title: Very short introductions, 27.
Responsibility: C.C.W. Taylor.
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Christopher Taylor explores the relationship between the historical Socrates and Plantonic characher, and examines the enduring image of Socrates as the ideal exemplar of the philosophic life; a thinker whose moral and intellectual integrity permeated every detail of his life, even in the face of betrayal and execution by his fellow Athenians.

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