The Philosophers' Magazine

Issue 53, 2nd quarter 2011

The good life

Bettany Hughes, Julian Baggini
Pages 120-126

Excavating Socrates

“Socrates spent many of his prime years fighting the most vicious, pitiless wars. I think that has a huge impact. I wonder if his central interest in the good is because actually he saw a lot that was very bad all around him.”