Description
| Product ID: | 9780099554059 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Hemlock Cup |
| Subtitle: | Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life |
| Authors: | Author: Bettany Hughes |
| Page Count: | 544 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating For seventy years Socrates was a vigorous citizen of Golden Age Athens, philosophising in the squares and public arenas rather than in the courts of kings, before his beloved city turned on him, condemning him to death by poison. Socrates lived in and contributed to a city that nurtured key ingredients of contemporary civilisation. We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did. His aphorism ''The unexamined life is not worth living'' may have originated twenty-five centuries ago, but it is a founding principle of modern life. For seventy years Socrates was a vigorous citizen of Golden Age Athens, philosophising in the squares and public arenas rather than in the courts of kings, before his beloved city turned on him, condemning him to death by poison. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-09-01 |