{"product_id":"gentlemen-speakeasy","title":"Gentlemen Speakeasy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis storybook explores a rustic boy's attempt to become a\u003cbr\u003e\ngentleman, first by folly, then by soliciting advice, and\u003cbr\u003e\nfinally by adopting a mindset of listening to others. The boy travels to a city to seek advice on becoming a gentleman, and through a mishap, encounters famous Western philosophers in a secret speakeasy who variously compete with one another to impress upon the boy their own particular notion of a gentleman. The boy grows ever more perplexed until he encounters Socrates, who resolves the boy's confusion by listening and questioning rather than proscribing and declaiming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe storybook reveals that the nature of a gentleman is found in mutually beneficial dialogueÑsuch as the dialogues of SocratesÑand further suggests that the lecturing employed by many philosophers, if anything, tends to lead one away from becoming a gentleman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gary Waters","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44932462674081,"sku":"9781312957541","price":55.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/12j2rrgd-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1747979712","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/gentlemen-speakeasy","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}