Socrates : a life worth living / Devra Lehmann.
Editor: New York : Seven Stories Press, [2022]Descripción: xvii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmTipo de contenido:- text
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- B316 .L44 2022
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A lively and accessible introduction to the quintessential philosopher, and the civilized world's first enemy of the state.
Named aBest Teen & YA Nonfiction title of 2022 by Kirkus Reviews
Socrates: A Life Worth Living traces the life and ideas of one of Western Civilization's founding philosophers, whose influence is still felt more than two thousand years later. Socrates is famous for how he died, executed by the Athenian government for corrupting the youth of Athens, but his most important contribution was to challenge the people around him to test their ideas and beliefs in conversation with each other, in the belief that in this way we could become a society that knows the difference between truth and falsehood, and find what makes a life worthwhile. He did not claim to have definitive answers, but he knew that knowledge was the key to finding them, and he invited everyone he met to join him in his quest.
The Socratic Method is the first, and still the best, method for distinguishing truth from falsehood. In Socrates: A Life Worth Living , award-winning author Devra Lehmann gives us the first biography for young readers of the thinker who has seen no equal.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-350) and index.
The city of gods and humans -- The way to citizenship -- The young intellectual -- The nature of reality -- Questions for an age of humanism -- The growth of a following -- The sophists -- Knowledge and morality -- The democracy and the spartan alternative -- Athens on the ascent -- Potidaea and the welcome return -- Crisis and cruelty -- Definitions of courage -- The clouds -- Family and divine mission -- Melos, Alcibiades, and the teachability of virtue -- The conscientious objector -- The charges and the question of piety -- The trial -- Sentencing and imprisonment -- The fatal drink.
"Socrates: A Life Worth Living traces the life and ideas of one of Western Civilization's founding philosophers, whose influence is still felt more than two thousand years later. Socrates is famous for how he died, executed by the Athenian government for corrupting the youth of Athens, but his most important contribution was to challenge the people around him to test their ideas and beliefs in conversation with each other, in the belief that in this way we could become a society that knows the difference between truth and falsehood, and find what makes a life worthwhile. He did not claim to have definitive answers, but he knew that knowledge was the key to finding them, and he invited everyone he met to join him in his quest"-- Provided by publisher.
Grades: 10-12 Seven Stories Press
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- Acknowledgments(p. ix)
- Prologue(p. xiii)
- Part 1 The Path to the Questions
- Chapter 1 The City of Gods and Humans(p. 3)
- Chapter 2 The Way to Citizenship(p. 17)
- Chapter 3 The Young Intellectual(p. 33)
- Chapter 4 The Nature of Reality(p. 41)
- Chapter 5 Questions for an Age of Humanism(p. 55)
- Part 2 Asking the Questions
- Chapter 6 The Growth of a Following(p. 65)
- Chapter 7 The Sophists(p. 81)
- Chapter 8 Knowledge and Morality(p. 101)
- Chapter 9 The Democracy and the Spartan Alternative(p. 111)
- Chapter 10 Athens on the Ascent(p. 125)
- Chapter 11 Potidaea and the Welcome Return(p. 143)
- Chapter 12 Crisis and Cruelty(p. 155)
- Chapter 13 Definitions of Courage(p. 160)
- Chapter 14 The Clouds(p. 179)
- Chapter 15 Family and Divine Mission(p. 191)
- Chapter 16 Melos, Alcibiades, and the Teachability of Virtue(p. 205)
- Chapter 17 The Conscientious Objector(p. 229)
- Part 3 The Last Days
- Chapter 18 The Charges and the Question of Piety(p. 245)
- Chapter 19 The Trial(p. 261)
- Chapter 20 Sentencing and Imprisonment(p. 283)
- Chapter 21 The Fatal Drink(p. 305)
- Epilogue(p. 315)
- Notes(p. 319)
- A Note on the Sources(p. 343)
- Bibliography(p. 347)
- Glossary(p. 351)
- Index(p. 361)
- Maps
- Mainland Greece and the Aegean with inset of Attica(p. xii)
- The city of Athens(p. 16)
- Highlights of the Agora toward the end of Socrates's life(p. 32)
- The Long Walls of Ancient Athens(p. 157)