How Long to Read Why Socrates Died

How Long Does it Take to Read Why Socrates Died?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Why Socrates Died by Robin Waterfield

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A revisionist account of the most famous trial and execution in Western civilization — one with great resonance for modern society In the spring of 399 BCE, the elderly philosopher Socrates stood trial in his native Athens. The court was packed, and after being found guilty by his peers, Socrates died by drinking a cup of poison hemlock, his execution a defining moment in ancient civilization. Yet time has transmuted the facts into a fable. Aware of these myths, Robin Waterfield has examined the actual Greek sources, presenting a new Socrates, not an atheist or guru of a weird sect, but a deeply moral thinker, whose convictions stood in stark relief to those of his former disciple, Alcibiades, the hawkish and self-serving military leader. Refusing to surrender his beliefs even in the face of death, Socrates, as Waterfield reveals, was determined to save a morally decayed country that was tearing itself apart. Why Socrates Died is then not only a powerful revisionist book, but a work whose insights translate clearly from ancient Athens to the present day.

How long is Why Socrates Died?

Why Socrates Died by Robin Waterfield is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Why Socrates Died Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Why Socrates Died aloud.

What Reading Level is Why Socrates Died?

Why Socrates Died is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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