Author: Cornford, Frances Macdonald (F. M.).
Title: Before and After Socrates.
Description: London Cambridge University Press, 1962. Reprint ed. Paperback small, very good condition, tan brown cover (red lettering), minor edgewear, sticker base front cover, cover design differs from stock photo. 113 pp. Reprint (pre-ISBN) edition. A classic text, originally published in 1932. F.M. Cornford explains why the life and work of Socrates stand out as marking a turning-point in the history of thought. He shows how Socrates revolutionized the concept of philosophy, converting it from the study of nature to the study of the human soul, the meaning of right and wrong, and the ends for which we ought to live. In effect, the story of the whole creative period of Greek philosophy: the Ionian nature of science before Socrates, Socrates himself, and his chief followers, Plato and his pupil Aristotle. ISBN: 0521091136

Keywords: philosophy, socrates, ancient history, europe, ancient greece 0521091136


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