Why Plato wrote / Danielle S. Allen.
Why Plato wrote / Danielle S. Allen.
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Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N184/137
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English
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xii, 232 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue: Why think about Plato? -- Part I: Why Plato Wrote: Chapter 1: Who was Plato?; Chapter 2: The importance of symbols to human life; Chapter 3: The philosopher as model-maker; Chapter 4: The philosopher as shadow-maker; Chapter 5: What Plato wrote; Chapter 6: How Plato lived. -- Part II: What...
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Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2010.
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"Why Plato Wrote is the first book to be published in the prestigious Blackwell Bristol Lecture Series in Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition. In this thought-provoking text Danielle Allen eloquently argues that Plato wrote to change Athenian culture and thereby transform Athenian politics. She makes the case that Plato was not only the world'...
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Why Plato wrote / Danielle S. Allen.
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Blackwell Bristol lectures on Greece, Rome and the classical tradition.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-217) and index.
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N184/137
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1444334484 (hardback)
9781444334487 (hardback)
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184
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991010687369702626
