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1) Socrates
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François-Marie Arouet wrote under the nom de plume of Voltaire, and produced works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. Socrates is a play in three acts about Socrates and the events of his trial and eventual death. Satirical in nature it takes aim at government authority and organized religion. Voltaire's contempt for government and religion come, through clearly in this play....
2) Socrates
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Contents: Introduction; The Early Life of Socrates; The Later Life of Socrates: His Trial and Death; The Thought of Socrates. 'The life of a great man, particularly when he belongs to a remote age, can never be a mere record of undisputed fact.'
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Sócrates es una figura enigmática, conocida principalmente a través de los relatos de otros como Platón y Aristófanes. Fue uno de los más brillantes intelectuales de todos los tiempos, e ideó lo que más tarde se llamaría el método socrático, que es una forma de llevar al interlocutor a ver sus errores y contradicciones a través de un inteligente cuestionamiento antes de llevarlo a la verdad. En la antigua Atenas, Sócrates era ampliamente...
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Very short introductions volume 27
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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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Socrates is often called the father of philosophy. Yet he left no writings, so what we know of his life and ideas comes from the works of his contemporaries. Socrates taught--and strove to embody--that how each of us chooses to live and die has great meaning. By constantly examining one's life and actions, a philosophy of ethics is born. As Plutarch observed, "He was the first person to demonstrate that life is open to philosophy at all times, in...
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Socrates, the great Athenian philosopher, was born during the Golden Age of Greece, one of the most glorious periods in human history. He grew up during the exciting days of Pericles in Athens, in the midst of the flowering of drama and poetry, the creation of magnificent architecture and sculpture, the writing of literature that has inspired mankind for 2,500 years. The glory of Athens, inspired by the Athenians' victory over the Persians against...
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
Socrates (469-399 BCE) is the first person known to have lived a life fully devoted to thinking. Teeming with exchanges between the revered guru Socrates and various Athenians, Conversations with Socrates shows Socrates as engaging and sagacious. According to his follower Xenophon, Socrates communicates in ways that even the unphilosophical and harried reader will...
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Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who helped shape Greek beliefs. Readers will find out how Socrates' ideas and beliefs can still be found today in this captivating biography that features vivid images, easy-to-read text, a glossary, index, and table of contents. The stunning facts will have children enthralled as they learn about Socrates' influence on the world around him as well as ancient philosophy, Alexander the Great, Athens, Pericles,...
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These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensive and interesting to almost everyone. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the philosopher and his work, authoritative and clearly presented.
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La Apología de Sócrates, escrita por Platón no mucho después del juicio y condena de su maestro, es un documento fundamental para que conozcamos a Sócrates. Platón recrea el alegato pronunciado por el filósofo ante el tribunal que finalmente lo condenaría a muerte. El escrito apunta, sobre todo, a relevar las verdaderas motivaciones de la actividad filosófica de Sócrates en Atenas, mostrando así la injusticia de las acusaciones. La vivacidad...
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Evangeline Sixkiller- Collins has had a painful life but she became a doctor and moved her skills to Kalispell, Montana. Not long after moving there she is asked to join a search party for a missing man. She finds him after three hours of searching through snows of the local hills. Also, she finds that he cannot have been dead for longer than a half-hour so she wonders how he got out there and who or what killed him. This gives her a reputation in...
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