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We believe the way we do since Socrates believed the way he did; in his unwavering dedication to reality and in the exemplory instance of their own existence, he established the conventional for several future Western philosophy. And yet, for twenty five generations, he's remained an enigma: a guy who left no written heritage and about whom anything we all know is hearsay, learned from the writings of Plato, Xenophon and Aristophanes. Today Bettany Hughes offers us an unparalleled, superbly vibrant symbol of Socrates and of his birthplace, Athens in its Gold Age.His existence spanned