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Written by Dr Roy Jackson, who Senior Lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire, Plato: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then providing added-value features like summaries of key books, and even lists of questions you might be asked in your seminar or exam.

The book uses a structure that mirrors the way Plato is taught on many university courses, with chapters including: the pre-socratics; Socrates; who was Plato?; can virtue be taught?; piety; the philosophical life; obeying the law of Athens; the Soul; knowledge as recollection; the forms; Plato''s state; education and morality; Plato and art; the Later Period; Aristotle, Plato''s great pupil; Neoplatonism; Plato and religion; Plato''s legacy.

Plato A Complete Introduction Teach Yourself

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      Publisher John Murray Press
      Published 10 March 2016
      ISBN-13 9781473601796
      978-1473601796
      ISBN-10 1473601797
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      Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Written by Dr Roy Jackson, who Senior Lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire, Plato: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then providing added-value features like summaries of key books, and even lists of questions you might be asked in your seminar or exam.

      The book uses a structure that mirrors the way Plato is taught on many university courses, with chapters including: the pre-socratics; Socrates; who was Plato?; can virtue be taught?; piety; the philosophical life; obeying the law of Athens; the Soul; knowledge as recollection; the forms; Plato''s state; education and morality; Plato and art; the Later Period; Aristotle, Plato''s great pupil; Neoplatonism; Plato and religion; Plato''s legacy.

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