{"product_id":"9781408883914","title":"Socrates in Love : The Making of a Philosopher","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSocrates in Love\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Armand D’Angour\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn innovative and insightful exploration of the passionate early life of Socrates and the influences that led him to become the first and greatest of philosophers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocrates: the philosopher whose questioning gave birth to the foundations of Western thought, and whose execution marked the end of the Athenian Golden Age. Yet despite his pre-eminence among the great thinkers of history, little of his life story is known. What we know tends to begin in his middle age and end with his trial and death. Our conception of Socrates has relied upon Plato and Xenophon--men who met him when he was in his fifties, a well-known figure in war-torn Athens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is mystery at the heart of Socrates's story: what turned the young Socrates into a philosopher? What drove him to pursue with such persistence, at the cost of social acceptance and ultimately his life, a whole new way of thinking about the meaning of existence?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this revisionist biography, classicist Armand D'Angour draws on neglected sources to explore the passions and motivations of young Socrates, showing how love transformed him into the philosopher he was to become. What emerges is the figure of Socrates as never previously portrayed: a heroic warrior, an athletic wrestler and dancer--and a passionate lover. \u003ci\u003eSocrates in Love\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on the formative journey of the philosopher, finally revealing the identity of the woman who Socrates claimed inspired him to develop ideas that have captivated thinkers for 2,500 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is a tour de force of scholarship, and [D’Angour] sifts through his vast reading with judicious care. Open-minded but not credulous, he accomplishes what was long thought to be impossible: a reliable, consistent account of the man who forged the matrix of Western philosophy.\" - \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brings to life classical personages of the ancient world for a new audience. . . . Other interpretations of this life exist but few will serve as well as a first introduction to Socrates.\" - \u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sympathetic and irreverent … A demythologised Socrates is revealed, not so much debunked as rendered newly human … All this is done in prose of easy elegance and authority … Socrates is one of the very few philosophers whose thoughts on love are worth reading\" - \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this brilliant study, Armand D’Angour refocuses the works of Socrates the Philosopher by looking afresh at the life of Socrates the Man. In doing so, he provides new insights not just into Socrates but into ancient Greek thinking as a whole\" - \u003ci\u003ePeter Frankopan, author of 'The Silk Roads'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Write the name Aspasia on your hearts! History, as told by men, has often erased the role of women. Our new champion Armand D’Angour has pieced together the evidence – that a woman of great intellectual powers helped lay the foundations of Western philosophy. This is a delicious and exhilarating piece of serious scholarship\" - \u003ci\u003eHelena Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"D’Angour sets about his task with admirable imagination, even a touch of literary flair ... Highly readable\" - \u003ci\u003ePatrick Kidd, The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A terrific read\" - \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating and revelatory book. A penetrating combination of tremendous scholarship, imagination and sympathetic understanding\" - \u003ci\u003eWilliam Boyd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A learned, agile and slickly written book … [D’Angour] offers an erudite guide to the intellectual culture of the time … [I] couldn’t help admiring his grasp of the material and his ability to communicate it compactly\" - \u003ci\u003eTim Whitmarsh, Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Who was Socrates? D’Angour guesses that the majority of people who know something about him will answer that Socrates was ‘a thinker, wise man, or philosopher of ancient Greece.’ If your answer was along these lines, then you need to pick up this book … Not only clearly well-researched, but it is also enjoyable to read\" - \u003ci\u003eAll About History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A book that succeeds brilliantly in achieving something that I had always assumed was impossible: providing a historically grounded portrait of the man Socrates may actually have been. Not merely eye-opening, it is thrilling and moving\" - \u003ci\u003eTom Holland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Armand D’Angour’s new readings of Plato’s dialogues bring a new Athenian world to life … Plausible and beautifully written\" - \u003ci\u003eJosephine Quinn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Who was Socrates? Surprising insights abound in Armand D’Angour’s new, even radical, biography of the brilliantly eccentric, earthy, and brave provocateur-philosopher. \u003ci\u003eSocrates in Love\u003c\/i\u003e is deeply thoughtful and delightfully written\" - \u003ci\u003eAdrienne Mayor, author of 'Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most nourishing book I have read this year\" - \u003ci\u003epraise for The Greeks and the New, Spectator: Book of the Year Selection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fantastic, engaging book … Not to be missed\" - \u003ci\u003epraise for The Greeks and the New, Bryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book is well-written and fun to read—it has itself some of the gleam and glamour of the new, and I expect that its readers will give it kleos\" - \u003ci\u003epraise for The Greeks and the New, Classical Journal Online\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Engaging and aptly original study\" - \u003ci\u003epraise for The Greeks and the New, Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A learned, agile and slickly written book … D’Angour offers an erudite guide to the intellectual culture of the time … I couldn’t help admiring his grasp of the material and his ability to communicate it compactly\" - \u003ci\u003eTim Whitmarsh, Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781408883914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40698459947214,"sku":"9781408883914","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_9a35536b-867e-4594-84cc-96448e4eced6.jpg?v=1640491842","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781408883914","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}