The Death of Socrates by Jean-Paul Mongin

Anna Street is the translator for Plato and Co.

About the Author Jean Paul Mongin is a philosopher who lives and works in Paris.

When the people of Athens become angry with him for his ceaseless questioning, how will he find the courage to continue to speak the truth? Plato & Co.’s clear approach and charming illustrations make this series the perfect addition to any little library. But not everyone shares Socrates’s love for the truth. When he runs into people who know little, Socrates sets them on the way to wisdom. When the person he talks to takes himself to be very wise, Socrates asks so many questions that the person ends up admitting he knows nothing. No mortal man is wiser than Socrates, who, on his daily walks through Athens, talks to all the people he meets. 'Tell us, Delphic Oracle, who is the wisest man in all of Greece?' So begins The Death of Socrates. Each book in the series features an engaging-and often funny-story that presents basic tenets of philosophical thought alongside vibrant color illustrations. introduces children-and curious grown-ups-to the lives and work of famous philosophers, from Descartes to Socrates, Einstein, Marx, and Wittgenstein.

It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Naturally inquisitive, pint-size scholars need little prompting before being willing to consider life’s 'big questions,' however strange or impractical. At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us.

The Death of Socrates by Jean-Paul Mongin