The Bleak Political Implications of Socratic Religion

This book poses a radical challenge to the legend of Socrates bequeathed by Plato and echoed by scholars through the ages: that Socrates was an innocent sage convicted and sentenced to death by the democratic mob, merely for merely questioning the political and religious ideas of his time. This lege...

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Main Author: Drury, Shadia B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2017
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:SpringerLink Bücher
Springer eBook Collection Political Science and International Studies
Further subjects:B Political Science and International Relations
B Political Theory
B Democracy
B Philosophy, Ancient
B Political Science
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 978-3-319-54441-0
Printed edition: 9783319544410

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