AUDIOBOOK
About
In an age when philosophers had scarcely glimpsed the horizons of the mind, a boy named Aristocles decided to forgo his ambitions as a wrestler. Adopting the nickname Plato, he embarked instead on a life in philosophy. In 387 B.C. he founded the Academy, the world's first university, and taught his students that all we see is not reality but merely a reproduction of the true source. And in his famous Republic, he described the politics of “the highest form of state.”
Related Subjects
Reviews
"Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise."
Wall Street Journal
"Well-written, clear, and informed, they have a breezy wit about them. I find them hard to stop reading."
New York Times
"Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character…I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization."
Boston Globe