{"product_id":"11371-plato-a-very-short-introduction","title":"Plato - A Very Short Introduction","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Julia Annas\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 109\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 019280216X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces Plato’s many-sided and elusive genius in a way that is stimulating and accessible. In ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and theory of knowledge, Plato’s wide-ranging, bold, and influential ideas still challenge us today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew philosophers have been more intent on vigorous philosophizing than Plato. But none has matched the imagination and creativity with which he engages readers and entices them to join him in philosophical conversation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA thoroughly good idea. Snappy, small format…stylish design…perfect to pop into your pocket for spare moments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Lisa Jardine, The Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA very good idea, these Very Short Introductions, a new concept from OUP.\u003cbr\u003e-Nicholas Lezard, Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnnas’s sparkling and beautifully illustrated little book manages to convey with splendid clarity, and with no observable rush or compression, not only what Platonic writing is like (brilliant, challenging, elusive), and how the dialogues have historically been read, but above all of why Plato matters for the modern reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Christopher Rowe, University of Durham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArguing with Plato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlato’s name and other matters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrama, fiction, and the elusive author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove, sex, gender, and philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVirtue, in me and in my society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy soul and myself\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe nature of things\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFurther reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Julia Annas \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":40782810218665,"sku":"11371","price":14.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/11371.jpg?v=1625494568","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/11371-plato-a-very-short-introduction","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}