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Paul Johnson tarihçi, gazeteci ve yazar olarak çalışıyor. Clitheroe, Lancashire'daki Stonyhurst Okulu ve Oxford'daki Magdalen Koleji'nde eğitim gördü ve ilk olarak 1950'lerde New Statesman dergisi için yazan ve daha sonra editörlük yapan bir gazeteci olarak öne çıktı. O da İngiltere, ABD ve Avrupa'da önde gelen gazete ve dergiler için yazmıştır. Paul Johnson, A History of Christian (1979), A History of the English People (1987), Intellectuals (1988), The Birth of the Modern: World Society, 1815-1830 (1991), Modern Times dahil olmak üzere 40'tan fazla kitap yayınladı: 1920'lerden 2000 Yılına Kadar Dünyanın Tarihi (1999), Amerikan Halkının Tarihi (2000), Yahudilerin Tarihi (2001) ve Sanat: Yeni Bir Tarih (2003) ve ayrıca I. Elizabeth'in biyografileri (1974), Napolyon (2002), George Washington (2005) ve Papa John Paul II (1982).

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A brilliant portrait of the Greek philosopher who personified philosophy. Socrates 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. In 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.