The Politics of Socratic Humor: by John Lombardini, Oakland, The University of California Press, 2018, ix + 284 pp., $95.00/£74.00

The European Legacy 26 (5):551-552 (2020)
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Should we consider irony as a good thing for democratic life? As it is portrayed in the classical texts through which we know Socrates, eirōneia appears as a humble manifestation of self-consciousn...

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