Introducing Plato: A Graphic Guide

Introducing Plato: A Graphic Guide

2000 • 402 pages

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"Introducing Plato" begins by explaining how philosophers like Socrates and Pythagoras influenced Plato's thought. It provides a clear account of Plato's puzzling theory of knowledge, and explains how this theory then directed his provocative views on politics, ethics and individual liberty. It offers detailed critical commentaries on all of the key doctrines of Platonism, especially the very odd theory of Forms, and concludes by revealing how Plato's philosophy stimulated the work of important modern thinkers such as Karl Popper, Martha Nussbaum, and Jacques Derrida.

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Introducing Graphic Guides is a 73-book series first released in 1979 with contributions by Stuart Sim, Borin Van Loon, and Oscar Zárate.


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A fun book. A good beginner's guide to Plato, and ancient Greek philosophy in general.

March 18, 2023