Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Why Socrates died Why Socrates died Robin Waterfield This book is a revisionist account of the most famous trial and execution in Western civilization -- one with great resonance for modern society. In the spring of 399 BCE, the elderly philosopher Soc… OL15165368W
Taken at the Flood Taken at the Flood Robin Waterfield "Is there anyone on earth who is so narrow-minded or uninquisitive that he could fail to want to know how and thanks to what kind of political system almost the entire known world was conquered and b… OL17077941W