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Socrates as a detective in ancient Athens Amazingly, Socrates the philosopher is not recorded as taking part in any criminal investigation. This historical oversight is corrected in this book. When the holy statues of Athens, known as the Herms, were mutilated, Socrates was in the city. Therefore, he must have been affected by this sacrilegious act, and must have been at least a little involved in trying to discover the perpetrators. There were also rumours at the time that there had been parodies of the Eleusinian Mysteries carried out in private houses. Socrates would have known about...

You may be quite good at writing English, and even fairly reliable when it comes to reading. However, when you actually talk to native English speakers, you find that they are always asking you to repeat yourself, and you may not get through to them at all. The problem is the way you speak the language. You are having problems with pronunciation. This is a series of books that teaches English pronunciation PRO-NUN-SEE-AYSH'N] (the way to speak the language) through various simple topics. It is aimed at non-native speakers of English who wish to improve their pronunciation of the language....

Serious philosophy with a smile. The world seems to be full of people who know things. Wherever you turn, there are those who are absolutely sure of this, positive about that, or certain that such and such is the case. There are scientists who tell us they have demonstrated that something is true. There are mathematicians who say they have proved some theorem or other. There are religious people who are certain that god exists, and that they know for sure what He wants Us to do. And, down the pub, there are those who definitely know what simple thing needs doing about any and every seemingly...