In the first book of Plato’s Republic, Socrates’s measured discussion of the nature of justice is rudely interrupted by a “roar” from Thrasymachus. “He could no longer hold his peace,” Socrates ...
University of Cambridge philosopher Geuss (Who Needs a Worldview) mixes autobiography and political philosophy in this thought-provoking look at the influences and experiences that led him to question ...
Professor emeritus in the faculty of philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His latest book is Not Thinking Like a Liberal. The would-be assassin Axel von dem Bussche was subject to the same ...