The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders

by Massimo Pigliucci

Book Overview

The author of How to Be a Stoic asks what might be philosophy's ultimate question: can we learn to be better people?

Is good character something that can be taught? In 430 BCE, Socrates set out to teach the vain, power-seeking Athenian statesman Alcibiades how to be a good person--and failed spectacularly. Alcibiades went on to beguile his city into a hopeless war with Syracuse, and all of Athens paid the price.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541646975
• ISBN13: 9781541646971
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"