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Theaetetus

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Publisher: CreateSpace Language: English Format: Trade Paperback Number of Pages: 138 Pages Item Weight: 9.3 Oz Publication Year: 2014 height: 0.3 in Item Height: 0.3 in Genre: Philosophy Item Length: 9 in Item Width: 6 in Book Title: Theaetetus ISBN: 9781505227550 Author: Plató width: 6 in Topic: History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical

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Theaetetus. Title: Theaetetus. Language: English. Number of Pages: 140. Weight: 0.43 lbs. Publication Date: 2014-11-27. Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Theaetetus ISBN13: 9781505227550 ISBN10: 1505227550 Author: Jowett, Benjamin (Translator), Plato (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - In 427 B C , The Ancient Greek City-State Of Athens Was Flourishing Approximately 80 Years Earlier, The Athenians Had Formed The First Self-Representative Democracy In History, The Peloponnesian War Against Sparta Had Only Just Started, And Socrates Was Only Beginning To Lay The Foundation Of What Would Become Western Philosophy That Year Plato Was Born To A Wealthy Family: With An Uncle Who Was Close Friends With Socrates, Plato Was Seemingly Destined To Become A Philosopher By The End Of His Life, Plato Had Indeed Become The Foremost Philosopher Of His Time, And Perhaps The Most Famous Philosopher In Western History None Of Socrates' Works Survived Antiquity, So Most Of What Is Known About Him Came From The Writings Of His Followers, Most Notably Plato What Is Known About Socrates Is That He Seemed To Make A Career Out Of Philosophy, And Plato Was Intent On Following In His Footsteps Yet For All Of The Influence Of Socrates' Life On Plato, It Was Socrates' Death Around 399 B C That Truly Shaped Him Plato Was So Embittered By Socrates' Trial In Athens That He Completely Soured On Athenian Democracy, And He Began To Travel Around The Mediterranean, Studying Topics Like Mathematics, Honing His Approach To Philosophical Thinking, And Continuing To Refine His Philosophical Beliefs About A Decade Later, Plato Returned To Athens And Founded His Famous Platonic Academy Around 387 B C , Which He Oversaw For 40 Years Until His Death One Of Plato's Philosophical Beliefs Was That Writing Down Teachings Was Less Valuable Than Passing Them Down Orally, And Several Of Plato's Writings Are Responses To Previous Writings Of His, So Plato's Personally Held Beliefs Are Hard To Discern However, Plato Educated Several Subsequent Philosophers, Chief Among Them Aristotle, And His Writings Eventually Formed The Backbone Of Western Philosophy Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publication Date: 2014-11-27 Weight: 0.43 lbs Dimensions: 0.3'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' W Number of Pages: 140 Language: English

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