The Return of Socrates (English Edition)

A contemporary reading of The Republic by Plato, showing its relevance to politics and society in the present era, and an accessible introduction to the timeless questions of personal and political ethics that philosophers have studied for 2500 years. During the journey we will meet Kurt Vonnegut, Dr. Strangelove, Wilfred Owen, Monty Python, Atticus Finch, Quentin Tarantino, Holden Caulfield, Adrian Monk and Paul Cohen, among others.

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