Socrates: A Man for Our Times pdf

保罗约翰逊是一名历史学家、记者和作家。 他在克利瑟罗、兰开夏郡的斯托尼赫斯特学校和牛津大学的玛格达伦学院接受教育，并在 1950 年代作为一名为《新政治家》杂志撰稿和编辑的记者而声名鹊起。 他还为英国、美国和欧洲的主要报纸和杂志撰稿。 保罗约翰逊出版了 40 多本书，包括基督教史 (1979)、英国人民史 (1987)、知识分子 (1988)、现代的诞生：世界社会，1815-1830 (1991)、现代： 从 1920 年代到 2000 年的世界史 (1999)、美国人民的历史 (2000)、犹太人的历史 (2001) 和艺术：新历史 (2003) 以及伊丽莎白一世的传记 (1974)、拿破仑 (2002)、乔治华盛顿 (2005) 和教皇约翰保罗二世 (1982)。

Socrates: A Man for Our Times pdf 保罗·约翰逊

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.