Publisher, Naxos Audiobooks (June 2007)

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Almost all Western thought — in politics, medicine, ethics, morality, religion, mathematics, art and science — stems from the tradition of rational enquiry that developed in ancient Greece. This unprecedented intellectual curiosity, eloquence and elegance is still immediately evident to anyone who has struggled with a hypotenuse or questioned the existence of God; and many of those Greek philosophers' names and ideas are commonplaces. But what is the Socratic Method? Just how Stoic are you? Or would you consider yourself an Epicurean?

This introduction brings to life the ideas of some of the greatest minds in Western thought, as well as placing them in context with an intelligent, accessible commentary.