Plato's Letters: the political challenges of the philosophic life

Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Edited by Ariel Helfer (2023)
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Interprets the Letters as a literary unity (designed almost as a novel by Plato) and provides insight into and information about Plato's self-understanding and his overall intentions as an author of his dialogues.

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B391.E83.H45 2023

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