{"product_id":"9781806492633","title":"The Death of Socrates : Hero, Villain, Chatterbox, Saint: From the New York Times-bestselling author","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Wilson, Emily | Ancient Greece \u003cbr\u003ePublished 01\/10\/2026 by Profile Books Ltd in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 19mm | 220g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFROM THE INSTANTLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CROSSING THE WINE-DARK SEA AND THE ODYSSEY'Wilson is unquestionably quite cool, and not just by the supposedly-buttoned up standards of her discipline' FTSocrates is revered as a man who spoke truth to power. Yet his death in 399 BC was the first time in recorded history that a democratic government condemned a person to death for their beliefs. His death was a potent symbol of free speech, and Socrates' fate has haunted Western thought ever since - a guiding influence on Plato, John Stuart Mills, Nietzsche and Martin Luther King.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this incisive survey of philosophy and politics, renowned classicist and translator Emily Wilson unravels ancient philosophy's most enduring - and hardest - questions: why did ancient Athens execute its leading intellectual? How do democracies deal with dissent? And can our own society allow for total freedom of speech and thought?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57632217137527,"sku":"9781806492633","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9781806492633.jpg?v=1792659697","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781806492633","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}