Plato's Academy

Author	: Paul Kalligas
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 447
Release	: 2020-03-12
ISBN-10	: 9781108426442
ISBN-13	: 1108426441
Rating	: 4/5 (42 Downloads)

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Download or read book Plato's Academy written by Paul Kalligas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, interdisciplinary history of Plato's Academy, the most prominent philosophical school in antiquity, which lasted for about 300 years. Also includes the first complete annotated translation in English of Philodemus' History of the Academy, preserved on a papyrus from Herculaneum.

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