{"product_id":"9781806492633","title":"The Death of Socrates : Hero, Villain, Chatterbox, Saint (by Emily Wilson)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSocrates 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":"Profile Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67584149389539,"sku":"9781806492633","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781806492633","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}