Lord Macaulay once said, “The character of Socrates does not rise upon me. The more I read about him, the less I wonder that they poisoned him.” Paul Johnson, popular historian, seeks to rescue Socrates from Macaulay’s view by insisting that the Socrates we know is really a puppet of Plato. The “real” Socrates didn’t possess all the annoying quirks that irked Macaulay and others. Given that the real Socrates never wrote a word, Johnson has to rely on secondary sources to make his case. I found Socrates: A Man for Our Times mildly entertaining. GRADE: B
Hmm, wonder if Phil would like this for Xmas?
SOCRATES would make a nice stocking stuffer, Patti.
Sometimes I wonder where you find out about these books, George, but then,,,you read everything!
I wish I could read everything, but time is short, Jeff. I found SOCRATES in my local library in the NEW BOOKS section.