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An innovative and insightful exploration of the passionate early life of Socrates and the influences that led him to become the first and greatest of philosophers

Socrates: the philosopher whose questioning gave birth to the ideas of Western thought, and whose execution marked the end of the Athenian Golden Age.…

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Wonderful speculative biography of Socrates, which helps to bring him to life by focusing on his early life and relationships.

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