Socrates: A Man for Our Times, (Paperback)

from BenKline

A well summarized view and look at the life of Socrates. The first few chapters details Athens and Greek society as a whole. It also goes heavily into the Sophists, Plato, democracy, and a lot on Pericles and how his governing of Athens affected Socrates. It also goes into Euripedes and Aristopha...

from HadriantheBlind

Very quick read - a biographical panegyric on Socrates, founder of Western philosophy, and culture and thought, etc., etc.

from JBD1

Well written, but perhaps with a certainty not quite warranted by the available evidence. Johnson offers no citations for his statements, some of which seem to be based solely on Johnson's own interpretation of Socrates' life. What comes through here very well is just how much of Socrates comes t...

from quiBee

A bit repetitive in spots. Tells about the life of a truly remarkable man.

from JeffV

Socrates is best known through his illustrious disciples -- indeed, the greatest of ancient philosophers left no writings by his own hand for us to analyze today. While Plato provides much of what we know of him through his Dialogs, Johnson contends that much Plato's writings are colored by his o...