Plato: A Complete Introduction

Plato: A Complete Introduction
by Roy Jackson / / / Kindle


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Written by Dr Roy Jackson, who Senior Lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire, Plato: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then providing added-value features like summaries of key books, and even lists of questions you might be asked in your seminar or exam. The book uses a structure that mirrors the way Plato is taught on many university courses, with chapters including: the pre-socratics Socrates who was Plato? can virtue be taught? piety the philosophical life obeying the law of Athens the Soul knowledge as recollection the forms Plato's state education and morality Plato and art the Later Period Aristotle, Plato's great pupil Neoplatonism Plato and religion Plato's legacy.

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