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The Trial of Socrates
by I.F. Stone
A journalist learns Greek to investigate why democratic Athens killed Socrates, and finds Socrates' anti-democratic politics partly to blame. Contrarian and gripping.
Read it if…
you want the other side of the Apology.
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Skip it if…
you want Socrates as pure martyr.
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Three things you will actually use
- Heroes have politics.
- Democracy has reasons.
- Investigate the sacred.
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Read the chapters on Socrates and democracy.
Our verdict
Stone's investigation.
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