Socrates

by Anthony Gottlieb

A short book combining extracts from the work of one of the world’s greatest thinkers with commentary from one of Britain’s most distinguished writers on philosophy.

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Socrates

by Anthony Gottlieb

Other books by Anthony Gottlieb

The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy by Anthony Gottlieb

The Dream of Reason by Anthony Gottlieb

Our most recommended books

Middlemarch by George Eliot

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Frankenstein (Book) by Mary Shelley

Republic by Plato

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The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy
by Anthony Gottlieb

The Dream of Reason
by Anthony Gottlieb

Middlemarch
by George Eliot

War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy

On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill

Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell

Frankenstein (Book)
by Mary Shelley

Republic
by Plato