Plato and the Tyrant : The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece

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Plato and the Tyrant : The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic MasterpieceMany people know something of Platos works, yet few are familiar with his life outside of his writings. In Plato and the Tyrant, acclaimed classicist James Romm uses a little known set of Platos personal letters to introduce the man behind the ethereal image and to explore the formation of his most famous work, Republic. In the second half of his life, an already famous Plato involved himself in the affairs of the two Dionysii, a father and son who

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