Books like Socrates in 90 minutes by Paul Strathern

Reprinted with updated Further Reading

Plato’s collection of dialogues, featuring Socrates, interrogates virtue, love, politics, and the nature of knowledge—questions that have shaped Western thought for millennia.

Fascinating if factual as it states. Never read anything from or about Aristotle. The reason I did was because I do not believe in a flat earth but he did. I was trying to find evidence that it is biblical. Well, what I did find was that Aristotles philosophies were adopted by the Catholics and held as “scripture “….crazy, right? That is what this book states and said you were a heretic if you denied these fake “Christian” dogma! My time ran out before I could finish but that alone ,is never made known or , at least, I hadn’t heard this. Why would they adopt an ancient man’s questions about life and his rhetorical answers as scripture? This is a must read if you are like me and didn’t know how far this highly intelligent man replaced what God had to say. It never was Aristotles intention to become Gods spokesman for the Catholics. It does say they had a hard time “fixing” some of his ideas, like flat earth…

This volume presents new translations of three dialogues Xenophon devoted to the life and thought of his teacher, Socrates. Each is accompanied by notes and an interpretive essay that will introduce new readers to Xenophon and foster further reflection in those familiar with his writing.

A medieval masterpiece by Boethius that blends prose and verse to explore fate, fortune, and the nature of happiness through a dramatic dialogue between the author and his philosophical muse.