| Plato's Progress Revised Edition Contributor(s): Ryle, Gilbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 052109982X ISBN-13: 9780521099820 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $47.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1975 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - History |
| Dewey: 184 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.06" W x 7.81" (0.69 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is, as from the author of The Concept of Mind it could scarcely fail to be, a bold and rollicking book. It is also one of the most important works about Plato to have appeared since the first volume of Sir Karl Popper's The Open Society. Whereas The Concept of Mind was a general offensive against Cartesian views of man, eschewing any precise references to particular sources, Plato's Progress deals with scholarly questions of datings and developments, showing and demanding familiarity with a wide literature. Yet Professor Ryle is still incapable as ever of the dry-as-dust. |