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Plato's Fable : On the Mortal Condition in Shadowy Times /

This book is an exploration of Plato's Republic that bypasses arcane scholarly debates. Plato's Fable provides refreshing insight into what, in Plato's view, is the central problem of life: the mortal propensity to adopt defective ways of answering the question of how to live well. Ho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mitchell, Joshua
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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