Dialogues of Plato

ISBN-13: 9781439169483 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2010

Plato

Opis

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In these influential dialogues--Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, Symposium--Plato employs the dialectic method to examine the trial and death of his mentor, Socrates, and address the eternal questions of human existence.

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