Phaedrus
Phaedrus
paperback | English
Published:
25 August, 2005
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780140449747 |
| ISBN10 | 0140449744 |
| Number Of Pages | 128 |
| Item Weight | 103 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 197 x 7 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
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Plato (c.427-347 BC) stands, with his teacher Socrates and his pupil Aristotle, as one of the shapers of the whole intellectual tradition of the West. In the mid-380s, in Athens, he founded the Academy, the first permanent institution devoted to philosophical research and teaching, and an institution to which all Western universities like to trace their origins. Plato wrote over twenty philosophical dialogues, appearing in none himself (most have Socrates as chief speaker).
Christopher Rowe is Professor of Greek in the University of Durham, and from 1999-2004 held a Leverhulme Personal Research Professorship. His books include Plato, The Cambridge History of Grek and Roman Thought, and New Perspectives on Plato, Modern and Ancient. He has also translated, and/or written commentaries on Plato's Phaedro, Statesman, and Symposium. His present project is a comprehensive treatment of Plato's strategies as a writer of philosophy.