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Shelf Life: On Socrates

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Bettany Hughes's biography of Socrates is a book that Socrates himself, on a mean day, would have torn to shreds.

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Emily Wilson
Emily Wilson is an associate professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Her most recent book is...

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