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The Symposium

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Description for The Symposium Paperback. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 82. Vintage paperback. Good clean condition with some minor reader wear.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Plato's retelling of the discourses between Socrates and his friends on such subjects as love and desire, truth and illusion, spiritual transcendence and the qualities of a good ruler, profoundly ... Read more

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Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Publication date
2005
Series
Penguin Great Ideas
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141023847
SKU
KTM0008492
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Plato
Plato (c.427-347 BC) stands with Socrates and Aristotle as one of the founders of the Western intellectual tradition. Inspired by Socrates' teaching, Plato sought a cure for the ills of society not in politics but in philosophy, and in the early fourth century BC he founded the Academy in Athens, the first permanent institution devoted to philosophical research and ... Read more

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