The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780553385663ISBN-10:553385666UPC:9780553385663Book Category:History, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Civilization, History & Surveys, AncientBook Topic:Ancient & Classical, GreeceSize:8.00 x 5.50 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCDA1CS7C6
The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization
The definitive sequel to New York Times bestseller How the Scots Invented the Modern World is a magisterial account of how the two greatest thinkers of the ancient world, Plato and Aristotle, laid the foundations of Western culture--and how their rivalry shaped the essential features of our culture down to the present day.
Plato came from a wealthy, connected Athenian family and lived a...
Plato came from a wealthy, connected Athenian family and lived a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Random House TradeISBN-13:9780553385663ISBN-10:553385666UPC:9780553385663Book Category:History, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Civilization, History & Surveys, AncientBook Topic:Ancient & Classical, GreeceSize:8.00 x 5.50 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCDA1CS7C6
Arthur Herman is the bestselling author of Freedom's Forge, How the Scots Invented the Modern World, The Idea of Decline in Western History, To Rule the Waves, and Gandhi & Churchill, which was a 2009 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Dr. Herman taught the Western Heritage Program at the Smithsonian's Campus on the Mall, and he has been a professor of history at Georgetown University, The...
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