The Portable Plato
$45.91
- Paperback
704 pages
- Release Date
1 March 1977
Summary
Writing in the fourth century B.C., in an Athens that had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Peloponnesian War, Plato formulated questions that have haunted the moral, religious, and political imagination of the West for more than 2,000 years: what is virtue? How should we love? What constitutes a good society? Is there a soul that outlasts the body and a truth that transcends appearance? What do we know and how do we know it? Plato’s inquiries were all the more resonant because he couched …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140150407 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140150404 |
| Author: | Plato, Scott Buchanan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Viking Portable Library |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 704 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 March 1977 |
| Weight: | 550g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 38mm |
| Series: | Portable Library |
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Plato
Plato (c. 427-347 B.C.) founded the Academy in Athens, the prototype of all Western universities, and wrote more than twenty philosophical dialogues.
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