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The Trial of Socrates, by I. F. Stone (Little, Brown, 282 pp., $18.95)

Since I. F. Stone’s admirers like to compare him to Socrates, you’d think he’d be kindly disposed toward the old gadfly. No such thing. The Trial of Socrates tries to show that Socrates begged for all the trouble he got.

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The Trial of Socrates, by I. F. Stone (Little, Brown, 282 pp., $18.95)

Since I. F. Stone’s admirers like to compare him to Socrates, you’d think he’d be kindly disposed toward the old gadfly. No such thing. The Trial of Socrates tries to show that Socrates begged for all the trouble he got.