Donald Robertson

something like 300 greek states were involved in it it went on for 27 years so the politics of it and the history of it are so complex right i thought how can i summarize that and condense it into a book and have the life of socrates as a philosopher

something like 300 greek states were involved in it it went on for 27 years so the politics of it and the history of it are so complex right i thought how can i summarize that and condense it into a book and have the life of socrates as a philosopher

something like 300 greek states were involved in it it went on for 27 years so the politics of it and the history of it are so complex right i thought how can i summarize that and condense it into a book and have the life of socrates as a philosopher

have some discussion of philosophy and philosophical dialogues and have some modern psychology and fit it all into 50 000 words i it just seemed like it would take you know three different books right but then i don't know how exactly i changed my mind but what i realized was that i could maybe i think what i i did was i gave up trying to attempt a more academic history and

have some discussion of philosophy and philosophical dialogues and have some modern psychology and fit it all into 50 000 words i it just seemed like it would take you know three different books right but then i don't know how exactly i changed my mind but what i realized was that i could maybe i think what i i did was i gave up trying to attempt a more academic history and

have some discussion of philosophy and philosophical dialogues and have some modern psychology and fit it all into 50 000 words i it just seemed like it would take you know three different books right but then i don't know how exactly i changed my mind but what i realized was that i could maybe i think what i i did was i gave up trying to attempt a more academic history and

And I said from the outset, I'm going to approach this like I'm writing a movie screenplay. And so it'll be a kind of dramatized version. I'm going to make it as close to the historical sources as I possibly can, but I'm going to have to take two characters and points and combine them together for simplicity.

And I said from the outset, I'm going to approach this like I'm writing a movie screenplay. And so it'll be a kind of dramatized version. I'm going to make it as close to the historical sources as I possibly can, but I'm going to have to take two characters and points and combine them together for simplicity.

And I said from the outset, I'm going to approach this like I'm writing a movie screenplay. And so it'll be a kind of dramatized version. I'm going to make it as close to the historical sources as I possibly can, but I'm going to have to take two characters and points and combine them together for simplicity.

I'm going to have to massively abbreviate some of his arguments and just give like key selections out of them. And I'm going to have to figure out ways to, you know, to kind of simplify the history of the Peloponnesian war. So, You know, I'm kind of surprised that I managed to compress all of that into one book. But, you know, I thought very long and hard about how to do it.

I'm going to have to massively abbreviate some of his arguments and just give like key selections out of them. And I'm going to have to figure out ways to, you know, to kind of simplify the history of the Peloponnesian war. So, You know, I'm kind of surprised that I managed to compress all of that into one book. But, you know, I thought very long and hard about how to do it.

I'm going to have to massively abbreviate some of his arguments and just give like key selections out of them. And I'm going to have to figure out ways to, you know, to kind of simplify the history of the Peloponnesian war. So, You know, I'm kind of surprised that I managed to compress all of that into one book. But, you know, I thought very long and hard about how to do it.

And, you know, there was a lot of planning that went into it. I think I put four times as much work into this book as I put into the preceding How to Think Like a Roman Emperor book.

And, you know, there was a lot of planning that went into it. I think I put four times as much work into this book as I put into the preceding How to Think Like a Roman Emperor book.

And, you know, there was a lot of planning that went into it. I think I put four times as much work into this book as I put into the preceding How to Think Like a Roman Emperor book.

Yeah, there's really frustrating things about the life of Socrates. So this thing about going to Delphi and the pronouncement is presented as a key moment in his life. We've really got no... We don't know for certain when it happened, right? So for instance, we don't know if it happened before or after other key events in his life, and then it would change the whole narrative.

Yeah, there's really frustrating things about the life of Socrates. So this thing about going to Delphi and the pronouncement is presented as a key moment in his life. We've really got no... We don't know for certain when it happened, right? So for instance, we don't know if it happened before or after other key events in his life, and then it would change the whole narrative.

Yeah, there's really frustrating things about the life of Socrates. So this thing about going to Delphi and the pronouncement is presented as a key moment in his life. We've really got no... We don't know for certain when it happened, right? So for instance, we don't know if it happened before or after other key events in his life, and then it would change the whole narrative.

So with things like that, you just have to go, we could write an academic history where we argue about the possible dates, but in order to write a movie, you'd have to go, we have to pick a date, got to pick one. It could be like one of like maybe three different, you've just got to choose one and go with it in order to be able to tell the story.

So with things like that, you just have to go, we could write an academic history where we argue about the possible dates, but in order to write a movie, you'd have to go, we have to pick a date, got to pick one. It could be like one of like maybe three different, you've just got to choose one and go with it in order to be able to tell the story.