Socrates is a brilliant thinker and one of the creators of European philosophy. This is how he was captured in Plato’s dialogues, and this is how we know him to this day. However, what kind of person was actually hiding behind this name? Do we know the real Socrates? Professor Armand D'Angour offers a new perspective on the life of a philosopher. The Socrates that the author rediscovers for us is Socrates, tormented by emotions and passions, a brave warrior, an athlete, a lover and a dreamer. This complete and detailed biography of the most mysterious thinker of Antiquity traces his path from a young man who first knew love and tasted knowledge, to a mature man, whose ideas determined the course of European philosophical thought for centuries to come. This book is published in Russian in two series entitled “Inventing the Philosopher: Socrates in Love” (“Persona” series) and “Socrates in Love: The History of the Birth of European Philosophical Thought” (“Historical Interest” series).