Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece - Hardcover
by James Romm
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Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9781324093183ISBN-10:1324093188UPC:9781324093183Book Category:History, Biography & Autobiography, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Ancient, Philosophers, PoliticalBook Topic:GreeceSize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC7JZRSB32
Plato is one of history's most influential thinkers, the "sublime philosopher" whose writings remain foundational to Western culture. He is known for the brilliant dialogues in which he depicted his teacher, Socrates, discussing ethical truths with prominent citizens of Athens. Yet the image we have of Plato--an ethereal figure far removed from society and politics, who conjured abstract ideas in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9781324093183ISBN-10:1324093188UPC:9781324093183Book Category:History, Biography & Autobiography, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Ancient, Philosophers, PoliticalBook Topic:GreeceSize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC7JZRSB32
Romm, James: - James Romm is the James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College and editor of the Ancient Lives biography series from Yale University Press. He is the author of several other studies of Greek and Roman history, and his reviews and essays appear regularly in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Review of Books.
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