

The quotations are drawn from Annas Introduction ch. 4.
‘Socrates — that clown from Athens!’
Zeno of Sidon, Epicurean philosopher, 2nd century BCE
‘We shall ignore Chaerephon’s story about the oracle, since it is an utterly sophistical and cheap trick.’
‘Socrates, the arguments you worked out are bogus. The conversations you had with the people you met are one thing, and what you did was another.’
Colates, early Epicurean philosopher, 3rd century BCE