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The Quest for Character What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders
Massimo Pigliucci
The author of Is good character something that can be taught? In 430 BCE, Socrates set out to teach the vain, power-seeking Athenian statesman Alcibiades how to be a good person—and failed spectacularly. Alcibiades went on to beguile his city into a hopeless war with Syracuse, and all of Athens pai...
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