{"product_id":"9781101545195","title":"Socrates: A Man for Our Times","description":"\u003cb\u003e A brilliant portrait of the Greek philosopher who personified  philosophy. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocrates was undeniably one of the greatest thinkers  of all time, yet he wrote nothing. Throughout his life,  and indeed until his very last moment alive, Socrates  fully embodied his philosophy in thought and deed. It  is through the story of his life that we can fully grasp  his powerful actions and ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his highly acclaimed style, historian Paul Johnson masterfully  disentangles centuries of scarce sources to offer a riveting account of  a homely but charismatic middle-class man living in Athens in the fifth  century b.c., and how what this man thought still shapes the way we  decide how to act, and how we fathom the notion of body and soul.  Johnson provides a compelling picture of the city and people Socrates  reciprocally delighted in, as well as many enlightening and intimate  analyses of specific aspects of his personality. Enchantingly  portraying \"the sheer power of Socrates's mind, and its unique  combination of steel, subtlety, and frivolity,\" Paul Johnson captures  the vast and intriguing life of a man who did nothing less than supply  the basic apparatus of the human mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134010114288,"sku":"9781101545195","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101545195_p0.jpg?v=1763687818","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101545195","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}