PLATO IN 90 MINUTES (PHILOSOPHERS IN 90 MINUTES - THEIR LIVES & WORK)
By PAUL STRATHERN.
Description
In an age when philosophers had scarcely glimpsed the horizons of the mind, a boy named Aristocles decided to forgo his ambitions as a wrestler. Adopting the nickname Plato, he embarked instead on a life in philosophy. In 387 BC he founded the Academy, the world's first university, and taught his students that all we see is not reality but merely a reproduction of the true source. And in his famous Republic he described the politics of "the highest form of state." In Plato in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Plato's life and ideas and explai...
ISBN(s)
0094759405, 9780094759404
