Apr 22, 2025
The Most Annoying Man on Earth: A Review of The Trial and Death of Socrates
I purchased Plato’s The Trial and Death of Socrates at a used book fair recently. I figured it was small enough that I could whip through it in a couple of days. Weeks later, I am still slogging my way through the words, finding wonderful bits of wisdom from a man who I am beginning to think was put to the death less for his arguments and more for his nature. The Hackett Publishing Company…
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