by Xenophon
First published 2016
Xenophon, a trusted confidant of Socrates, pens a candid account of the wily Sophists - a band of traveling lecturers who enthrall the Greek elite with their rhetorical dazzle. As Socrates' straight-talking student, Xenophon gleefully skewers the Sophists' evasive logic and moral relativism. Filled with lively dialogues and biting wit, this memoir unveils the cracks in the Sophists' intellectual armor, showing how their pursuit of power corrupts their pursuit of truth.
Genres: biography, ancient, academic, classical-studies
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Greece
Period: Ancient
286 pages · Hardcover · Lulu.com