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Understanding Plato

David J Melling author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:19th Nov '87

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This is the first balanced introduction to Plato's work to bringing Plato himself alive, as well as discussing the importance of his works. In so doing, it allows a better understanding of who he was, what sort of world he inhabited, why his works were important in his own day, and why, two thousand years after his death, they are still regarded as so significant. By also describing the Greek society in which Plato lived, it succeeds in placing his work firmly in context for modern readers.

a book well-worth reading...Anyone seeking to find out about Plato would do well to start off with it. * Anne Sheppard, THES *

ISBN: 9780192891167

Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 13mm

Weight: 268g

192 pages