The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders

The author of How to Be a Stoic asks what might be philosophy's ultimate question: can we learn to be better people?

“Pigliucci’s expert account of ancient ethics will help us save our souls, and thereby, just maybe, save the world.”―James Romm, author of Plato and the Tyrant

Are good people born, or made? Since ancient times, the question has been of paramount importance. In the Athens of 430 BCE, Socrates set out to teach Alcibiades, who sought to lead his city, how to be a good person....