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“Tell us, Delphic Oracle, who is the wisest man in all of Greece?” So begins The Death of Socrates. No mortal man is wiser than Socrates, who, on his daily walks through Athens, talks to all of the people he meets. When the person he talks to takes himself to be very wise, Socrates asks such a lot of questions that the person ends up admitting he knows nothing. When he runs into people who know little, Socrates sets them for you to wisdom. But not everyone shares Socrates’s love for the truth. When the people of Athens turn out to be angry with him for his ceaseless questioning, how will he find the courage to continue to speak the truth?
Plato & Co.’s clear approach and charming illustrations make this series the perfect addition to any little library.