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Socrates : A Man for Our Times
by Johnson, Paul
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0143122215
- ISBN 13
- 9780143122210
- Seller
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Daw Park, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Penguin Books. 2011. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 208 pages. . 1st thus. Softcover.
Synopsis
A brilliant portrait of the Greek philosopher who personified philosophy Socrates was undeniably one of the greatest thinkers of all time, yet he wrote nothing. Throughout his life, and indeed until his very last moment alive, Socrates fully embodied his philosophy in thought and deed. It is through the story of his life that we can fully grasp his powerful actions and ideas. In his highly acclaimed style, historian Paul Johnson masterfully disentangles centuries of scarce sources to offer a riveting account of a homely but charismatic middle-class man living in Athens in the fifth century BC, and how what this man thought still shapes the way we decide how to act, and how we fathom the notion of body and soul. Johnson provides a compelling picture of the city and people Socrates reciprocally delighted in, as well as many enlightening and intimate analyses of specific aspects of his personality. Enchantingly portraying "the sheer power of Socrates's mind, and its unique combination of steel, subtlety, and frivolity," Paul Johnson captures the vast and intriguing life of a man who did nothing less than supply the basic apparatus of the human mind.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB325080
- Title
- Socrates : A Man for Our Times
- Author
- Johnson, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143122215
- ISBN 13
- 9780143122210
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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Adelaide Booksellers
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Daw Park, South Australia
About Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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