The Seductions of Socrates He was a man of neither wealth nor personal beauty, the butt of the
comedians of the day for his bulging eyes and swaggering gait. His
fashion sense ran toward old clothes and bare feet. Even his
admirers compared him to a satyr, an uncanny mixture of beast, man,
and god. Yet this man, as famous then for ugliness as leading ladies
are now for beauty, has been the Helen of philosophy. He launched
a thousand ships, and his rival suitors have long been fighting an
often bitter war hoping to take secure possession of him posted by Cyndy | link | | |
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