The Death of Socrates Guardini choosing instead to present Augustine’s

choosing instead to present Augustine’s “personality and thought in the everlasting form of his writings as a perennial possibility of Christian existence

and his desire to share that love and its light for the salvation of souls

in the words of editor Jeremy Beer

and author of Rejoicing in the Truth: Wisdom and the Educator’s Craft

The Death of Socrates Guardini choosing instead to present Augustine’sBy Romano Guardini The Death of Socrates is a richly insightful interpretation of the four Platonic dialogues that place Socrates in direct confrontation with human mortality. The Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo each present an element of the Socratic vision of death, of the appearance of life in the face of death, and how death ultimately is to be met. Poised and precise, The Death of Socrates is an excellent resource for new pupils and