‘Socrates: The Barefoot Philosopher’ by Vijay Tankha: Seeing the philosopher in new light
The book allows us to form our own portrait of the man through the writings of his contemporaries
Updated At : 07:10 AM Aug 06, 2026 IST
Socrates: The Barefoot Philosopher by Vijay Tankha. Hachette India. Pages 240. Rs 499
How do you solve a problem like Socrates? How do you pen an account of a man whose writing does not survive? How do you write about a philosopher whose works are unavailable but widely quoted, forming the basis of much of Western philosophy? How do you construct the life of a person whom most scribes have seen as they want him to be?
