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Why Plato Wrote

Why Plato Wrote - Paperback

by Danielle S. Allen
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Availability:In StockContributor:Danielle S. AllenSeries:Blackwell-Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the ClassicalPublish date:2012-12-26Pages:244
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9781118454398ISBN-10:1118454391UPC:9781118454398Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, History & SurveysBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCF7YHBR2E
Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the world's first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world's first think-tank activist and message man.
  • Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics
  • Offers accessible discussions of Plato's philosophy of language and political theory
  • Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9781118454398ISBN-10:1118454391UPC:9781118454398Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, History & SurveysBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCF7YHBR2E

Danielle S. Allen is UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. She is the author of The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens (2000) and Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship Since Brown vs. the Board of Education (2004).


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