Best classical musician biographies according to redditors
We found 2 Reddit comments discussing the best classical musician biographies. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 2 Reddit comments discussing the best classical musician biographies. We ranked the 2 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
I am glad you are interested in Socrates.
I haven't read the book you mention, but from what you describe, it does not seem like a scholarly monograph. (I found this Amazon review that echoes many of your concerns.) I also looked through the archives of the Bryn Mawr Classical Review and could find no review.
If you want a lively and philosophically interesting Socrates, I highly suggest Vlastos' famous book Socrates Ironist and Moral Philosopher (Amazon link). It is a controversial and technical book, but well worth reading.
Another good place to look for various takes on Socrates as a philosopher is the Cambridge Companion to Socrates (Amazon link).
Good luck!
PS: e.g. I was thinking of getting one or both of the following by Ian Worthington which while nominally 'biographies' feel like they might give me a sense of the overall sweep of history for the period (former has bonus of general interestingness of Athens and Athenian politics, latter presumably more detailed from a military organisation perspective)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Demosthenes-Athens-Fall-Classical-Greece/dp/019993195X
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philip-II-Macedonia-Ian-Worthington/dp/0300164769/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=2EJ24RJ5N00MMK47CJMT