Socrates: A Source Book Compiled By John Ferguson
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Few figures in the history of human thought have provoked as much fascination, controversy, and enduring reverence as Socrates — the barefoot philosopher of Athens who chose death over silence. This carefully compiled source book assembles primary and secondary texts that illuminate the life, method, and legacy of one of antiquity's most enigmatic thinkers, drawing together accounts from contemporaries such as Plato, Xenophon, and Aristophanes to construct a rich, multi-faceted portrait of the man behind the myth. Structured as an accessible yet scholarly anthology, it presents readers with the raw material of historical inquiry, allowing the ancient voices themselves to argue the case for who Socrates truly was. John Ferguson's editorial hand guides the reader through the labyrinthine world of fifth-century Athens with precision and clarity, situating each source within its broader intellectual and political context. The collection is an indispensable companion for students of classical philosophy and ancient history alike, illustrating how a single life — lived entirely without written record — could reshape the entire trajectory of Western thought. Whether Socrates was gadfly, saint, or subversive, the evidence gathered here leaves the question thrillingly, and perhaps deliberately, unresolved.
Author: John Ferguson
Format: Hardback
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Few figures in the history of human thought have provoked as much fascination, controversy, and enduring reverence as Socrates — the barefoot philosopher of Athens who chose death over silence. This carefully compiled source book assembles primary and secondary texts that illuminate the life, method, and legacy of one of antiquity's most enigmatic thinkers, drawing together accounts from contemporaries such as Plato, Xenophon, and Aristophanes to construct a rich, multi-faceted portrait of the man behind the myth. Structured as an accessible yet scholarly anthology, it presents readers with the raw material of historical inquiry, allowing the ancient voices themselves to argue the case for who Socrates truly was. John Ferguson's editorial hand guides the reader through the labyrinthine world of fifth-century Athens with precision and clarity, situating each source within its broader intellectual and political context. The collection is an indispensable companion for students of classical philosophy and ancient history alike, illustrating how a single life — lived entirely without written record — could reshape the entire trajectory of Western thought. Whether Socrates was gadfly, saint, or subversive, the evidence gathered here leaves the question thrillingly, and perhaps deliberately, unresolved.