Socrates: A Man for Our Times

by Paul Johnson

  Peace (Aristophanes)

  Peloponnesian War

  Pericles

  Aspasia and

  cultural program of

  death of

  Delian League tribute spent by

  humanism of

  imperialism of

  military funeral oration of

  paeans favored by

  plague and

  pleiad led by

  portrait sculptures of

  prosecution of

  Persae (Aeschylus)

  Persian Empire

  Phaedo (Plato)

  Phaedrus (Plato)

  Phaenarete

  Phidias

  Philo of Alexandria

  Plataea, Battle of

  Plato

  Academy of

  career as poet contemplated by

  dialectic defined by

  drama and

  eros and

  as first intellectual

  mathematics in work of

  mother of

  on musical ethics

  as radical conservative

  republic favored by

  retaliation and

  Socrates as ventriloquist’s doll of

  Socrates’ trial in works of

  soul as viewed by

  textual errors in work of

  Plutarch

  poetry

  phrases in

  recital of

  of Socrates

  Polus

  Popper, Karl

  Potidaea, siege of

  pre-Socratic philosophers

  Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus)

  Protagoras

  Protagoras (Plato)

  Pythagoras

  Pythian Games

  Quintilian

  Republic (Plato)

  retaliation, law of

  rhetoric

  Rodin, Auguste

  Rome

  Borghese Gallery

  Greek sculpture copied by

  Russell, Bertrand

  satyrs

  scribes

  Silenus

  slavery

  Socrates:

  on art

  background of

  charm of

  children of

  classlessness of

  as conservative radical

  courage of

  craftsmanship as interest of

  cross-examination technique of

  death of

  education of

  Euripides’ play amended by

  facial expression controlled by

  gadfly as self-comparison of

  good life pursued by

  on Heraclitus

  how to think conveyed by

  human nature as viewed by

  imperturbable serenity of

  influence of

  inner voice (daemo) of

  irony of

  jokes of

  last words of

  medical interests of

  military career of

  musical interests of

  on Olympic victories

  on oratory vs. philosophy

  philosophical approach of

  as Platsoc

  portrait sculptures of

  public career rejected by

  pupils of

  recurring dream of

  religious views of

  sayings of

  self-control cultivated by

  stone carver trade attributed to

  theatrical attacks on

  ugly appearance of

  wisdom disclaimed by

  women as viewed by

  words defined by

  zestful liveliness of

  Socrates, trial and condemnation of

  and Alcibiades and Critias

  alternative punishment proposed in

  charges in

  conviction in

  death sentence in

  defense in

  events leading to

  ill-advised irony in

  imprisonment in–80

  jury of

  last hours in

  poison drunk in

  refusal of escape from

  Socrates (Vlastos)

  Sophists

  Sophocles

  Sophroniscus

  soul

  body and

  Plato’s view of

  Socrates’ view of

  Sparta

  in Peloponnesian War

  Symposium (Plato)

  Symposium (Xenophon)

  Syracuse, defeat at

  Thales

  Theaetetus (Plato)

  Themistocles

  theodicy, doctrine of

  Theramenes

  Theseus

  Thesmophoriazusae (Aristophanes)

  Thespis

  Thrasymachus

  Thucydides

  Torah

  Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de

  Vitruvius

  Vlastos, Gregory

  Wasps (Aristophanes)

  Wittgenstein, Ludwig

  Wordsworth, William

  World War II

  Xanthippe

  Xanthippus

  Xenophon

  Zeno

  Zeus

  Zeuxis

  ALSO BY PAUL JOHNSON

  Jesus

  Churchill

  Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties

  A History of the Jews

  The Birth of the Modern World: World Society 1815–1830

  Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky

  A History of the American People

  Art: A New History

  George Washington: The Founding Father

  Creators: From Chaucer and Dürer to Picasso and Disney

  Napoleon: A Penguin Life

  Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar

  to Churchill and de Gaulle