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1) Wise guy: the life and philosophy of Socrates

Author

Publisher

Farrar Straus Giroux

Pub. Date

2005.

Language

English

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A biography of Socrates, a philosopher and teacher in ancient Greece who held that wisdom comes from questioning ideas and values rather than simply accepting what is passed on by parents and teachers.

2) The golden ass of Lucius Apuleius: now a book for young readers of all ages

Author

Publisher

David R. Godine

Pub. Date

2011.

Language

English

Description

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Lucius Apuleius, a young nobleman fascinated by magic, accidentally turns himself into an ass and then sets out on a journey that reveals to him the conditions of peasants and slaves in and around Thessaly and leads him to find redemption as a follower of Isis and Osiris.