Plato: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

by Roy Jackson

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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.

  • ISBN10 1473601819
  • ISBN13 9781473601819
  • Publish Date 10 March 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher John Murray Press
  • Imprint Teach Yourself
  • Edition Digital original
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 272
  • Language English