Book · 2019 · Socrates
Socrates in Love
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There's a really cool book that came out recently by Armand dangu a classicist um who wrote a book called Socrates and love that I really like that's kind of speculative biography of Socrates and he claims that soes was probably not as ugly as he's made out to be.
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Socrates in Love is a speculative biography exploring the life and romantic relationships of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. On the Modern Wisdom podcast in an episode titled The True Story Of History’s Greatest Philosopher released on November fourteenth, 2024, Donald Robertson discussed the book by classicist Armand D'Angour to illustrate different perspectives on the historical figure's appearance. Robertson noted that he really liked the recently published work, explaining that it presents a speculative approach to the philosopher's life and claims that Socrates was likely not as physically unattractive as traditional accounts usually suggest. The discussion highlighted how contemporary scholarship continues to reexamine well-known historical personalities by looking closer at original sources and biographical details that challenge long-held conventional narratives passed down through centuries of philosophical tradition.
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Donald Robertson there's a really cool book that came out recently by Armand dangu a classicist um who wrote a book called S… 1
“there's a really cool book that came out recently by Armand dangu a classicist um who wrote a book called Socrates and love that I really like that's kind of speculative biography of Socrates and he claims that soes was probably not as ugly as he's made out to be”