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Timaeus. Critias. Cleitophon. Menexenus. Epistles

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ISBN-10: 0674992571

ISBN-13: 9780674992573

Edition: 1929

Authors: Plato, R. G. Bury

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Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BC. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable; that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was wealthy is likely; that he was critical of 'advanced' democracy is obvious. He lived to be 80 years old. Linguistic tests including those of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates' mind fused with Plato's thought. In Laches, Charmides,…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1929
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1929
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 656
Size: 4.25" wide x 6.37" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Plato was an ancient philosopher and the founder of the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

List Of Plato's Works
Timaeus Critias
Cleitophon Menexenus
Epistles
Index