Preview   When Zopyrus the physiognomist examined Socrates, he discerned a host of vices in his face. Socrates was a blocked soul, he said, stuffed with raging appetites. Socrates’s companions all laughed at Zopyrus’s diagnosis: what a ridiculous thing to say about harmless old Socrates! But when Socrates spoke, he silenced their laughter. That is … Continue reading Vice in ancient philosophy: Plato and Aristotle on moral ignorance and corruption of character