Josef Toman: Socrates - the seeker of bliss

One of the last great radio characters of Karel Höger. Against the backdrop of a broadly composed picture of Greece in the 5th century BC. l., covering the "golden age" of Greece and the decline of Athens, the author describes the life of the ancient Greek philosopher from birth to the punishment of death by poisoning. In the novel's plot, introducing a number of historical figures, like the philosophers Anaxagoras, Plato, Socrates' disciples, the statesman Pericles, sculptor Feidias, the tragic poets Sophocles, Eurípides also.., reflects the political clash between democrats and oligarchs, and Toman also tried to draw parallels with the view of today's world. Selected chapters from the novel of the same name. The cast includes Karel Höger, Miloš Nedbal, Josef Chvalina, Karolina Slunéčková, Alfréd Strejček and Jaroslava Brousková-Potměšilová.