The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.65 (769 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400076013 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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And we come to understand the profound influences of time and place in the evolution of his eternally provocative philosophy.. His life spanned “seventy of the busiest, most wonderful and tragic years in Athenian history.” Athens in the fifth century B.C. And yet, for twenty-five centuries, he has remained an enigma: a man who left no written legacy and about whom everything we know is hearsay. Drawing on the latest sources—archaeological, topographical, and textual—Hughes re-creates the streets where Socrates walked, to place him there, and to illuminate for us the world as he experienced it.She takes us through the great, teeming Agora—the massive marketplace, the heart of ancient Athens—where Socrates engaged in philosophical dialogue and where he would be condemned to death. was a city devastated by war, but, at the same time, transformed by the burgeoning process of democracy. We visit the battlefields where he fought, the red-light district and gymnasia he frequented and the religious festivals he attended. From the celebrated British author and historian: a brilliant new book combining historical inquiry and storytelling élan to paint an unprecedentedly vivid portrait of Socrates and the Golden Age of classical Athens. We think the way we do because Socrates thou
From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. But she aptly conveys the continuing urgency of Socrates' devotion to the inquiring mind. . Drawing on the abundance of contemporary references by both supporters and opponents to the philosopher, Hughes illustrates that "bsolutely of his time, he is also of ours," "the first ironic man" in an unironic age, a gadfly to Athens' citizens and leaders. Athens, she brings to life the social, political, economic, literary, and military realities of Socrates' society, in particular the centrality of the agora. Moreover, through careful description of fifth century B.C.E. Hughes devotes a substantial part of her account t
Riveting History Illuminating history of 5th Century BCE Greece, dubbed conventionally as its Golden Age, but Hughes makes clear that Socrates lived, fought and served as Athen's gadfly at a time that was anything but golden most of the time. A must read for anyone interested in the role that Greece has played in Western and Eastern cultures. Ab. I LOVED THIS BOOK I LOVED THIS BOOK. SOCRATES, HERODOTUS AND THUCYDIDES ALL LIVED THROUGH THE TIME COVERED. DESPITE MY BACK GROUND IN CLASSICS, THIS BOOK GAVE NEW VITAL DIMENSIONS TO THIS PERIOD OF HISTORY FOR ME, WHICH ADDS TO MY CURRENT INTERESTS.THANK YOU TO BETTANY HUGHES FOR WRITING THIS AMAZING BOOK.. Rob Hardy said Socrates and Athens, a Brilliant History. If you were walking the marketplace of Athens a couple of millennia ago, you might have been accosted by an ugly man who wanted to talk to you. He wouldn't have anything to sell, he would just want to ask questions. Not questions like how to get to the upcoming festival or who you supported for civic leaders. He would want to kn