{"product_id":"platos-shadow-a-primer-on-plato","title":"Plato's Shadow: A Primer on Plato","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eAn essential guide to Plato's dialogues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eFor more than two millennia, Plato's dialogues have challenged, inspired, and captivated readers. While the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eApology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eRepublic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e are among his best-known works, they are only two of a remarkable collection of dialogues that explore love and friendship, virtue and justice, rhetoric and politics, knowledge and reality. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003ePlato's Shadow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e is an invitation to discover the full breadth of Plato's thought.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eWritten for students and general readers alike, it begins with an accessible introduction to the lives and times of Socrates, Plato, and the pre-Socratic philosophers. It then provides a clear and concise summary of all of Plato's dialogues, placing each in its philosophical context and tracing the unfolding of Plato's thought across one of the most influential bodies of writing in the Western tradition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThis thoroughly revised second edition also includes extended commentaries on six of Plato's most important dialogues—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eGorgias\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eMeno\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eRepublic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eTheaetetus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e. Together, they illuminate Plato's central concerns—from ethics, politics, justice, and rhetoric to knowledge, love, and the immortality of the soul—while revealing the growing subtlety of his philosophy, literary artistry, and dialectical method.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eWhether you are approaching Plato for the first time or returning to him with fresh questions, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003ePlato's Shadow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e provides the knowledge and context to read the dialogues with understanding and delight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eDr Neel Burton is a philosopher and psychiatrist who lives and teaches in Oxford, England. His other books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eThe Gang of Three: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eHow to Think Like Plato and Speak Like Cicero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eAristotle's Universe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eEditorial reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eA succinct précis of the work of one of the world's greatest and most influential thinkers… For the newcomer or undergraduate it's a great resource, being both a celebration of and an introduction to some of the most remarkable, beautiful, provocative, powerful, and vital writings in Western literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e—The Good Web Guide\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eThis book provides a tremendously useful service to anyone studying Plato, or to the more general reader… It is an essential addition to the library of any serious student of Plato—which, given his undiminished importance, should be every philosopher!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e—Philosophy Online\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; caret-color: #0f1111; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important;\"\u003eAn invaluable, indispensable guide that avoids the usual one-sided approach to Plato… even the ordering of the dialogues makes sense. I shall certainly be recommending it to my students.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e—Dr Alan Cardew, University of Essex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Acheron Press","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67157622030640,"sku":"9781913260613","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/platos-shadow-a-primer-on-plato","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}