Socrates in love: how the ideas of this woman are at the root of Western philosophy Published: March 6, 2019 8:53am EST. Armand D'Angour, University of Oxford. Author.

Just ask Socrates. If his lover asked Tina Turner’s famous question, what’s love got to do with it, he would reply that it’s got nothing to do with you, lover.

Socrates, who coined the phrase, is often called the founder of Western philosophy, his name the byword for wisdom, in a dead heat with Confucius. Yet the life of Socrates himself has remained ...

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