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The Bleak Political Implications of Socratic Religion

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

The Bleak Political Implications of Socratic Religion

By Shadia B. Drury

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About the book

This book poses a radical challenge to the legend of Socrates bequeathed by Plato and echoed by scholars through the ages: that Socrates was an innocent sage convicted and sentenced to death by the democratic mob, for merely questioning the political and religious ideas of his time. This legend conceals an enigma: How could a sage who was pious and good be so closely associated with the treasonous Alcibiades, who betrayed Athens in the Peloponnesian war? How could Critias and Charmides, who laun...Show more

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9783319853932

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Springer International Publishing AG

Published year

2018

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The Bleak Political Implications of Socratic Religion

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Paperback

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