Why Plato Wrote (Blackwell-Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition)

by Danielle S . Allen (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $73.95

  In this thought-provoking text Danielle Allen eloquently argues that Plato wrote to change Athenian culture and thereby transform Athenian politics. She makes the case 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.