Why Plato Wrote
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240 pages
978-1-4443-2808-0 (ISBN)
Description
Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the world's first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world's first think-tank activist and message man. * Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics * Offers accessible discussions of Plato's philosophy of language and political theory
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4443-2808-0 (9781444328080)
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Danielle S. Allen is UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. She is the author of The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens (2000) and Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship Since Brown vs. the Board of Education (2004).
Content
Preface: Why think about Plato? Part I: Why Plato Wrote. Chapter 1: Who Was Plato? Chapter 2: The Importance of Symbols to Human Life. Chapter 3: The Philosopher as Model-Maker. Chapter 4: The Philosopher as Shadow-Maker. Chapter 5: What Plato Wrote. Chapter 6: How Plato Lived. Part II: What Plato Did. Chapter 7: The Case for Influence. Chapter 8: Culture War Emergent. Chapter 9: Culture War Concluded. Epilogue: And to my colleagues.