Cave and the Light

by Arthur Herman

0 ratings • 0 reviews • 1 shelved
Book cover for Cave and the Light

Bookhype may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. Full disclosure.

The definitive sequel to New York Times bestseller How the Scots Invented the Modern World is a magisterial account of how the two greatest thinkers of the ancient world, Plato and Aristotle, laid the foundations of Western culture—and how their rivalry shaped the essential features of our culture down to the present day.
 
Plato came from a wealthy, connected Athenian family and lived a comfortable upper-class lifestyle until he met an odd little man named Socrates, who showed him a new world of ideas and ideals. Socrates taught Plato that a man must use reason to attain wisdom, and that...Read more
  • ISBN10 1299963749
  • ISBN13 9781299963740
  • Publish Date 1 January 2013
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 14 April 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Random House
  • Format eBook
  • Language English