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Plato: A Brief Guide to His Life, Writings, and Philosophy
Originally published in 1902 as a portion of the author’s larger “The World’s History and Its Makers, Vol. IV: Great Philosophers,” this Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 16 pages, discusses Plato’s life, writings, and philosophy.
Includes supplemental material:
• A Brief Summary of Plato’s Life and Writings
• A Brief Summary of Plato’s Philosophy
Sample passage:
The Academy was truly a delightful spot. The ideal of a site for a school of philosophy that its name ever conjures, probably has not been exaggerated. Here, in the fresh pure air of the country, in a climate that has inspired the most sweetly rural poetry, in the very heart of classic Greece, Plato founded his school and taught his philosophy. Through the grounds of the Academy wound a musical little stream, fringed with many species of flowers, to which the bees paid daily visit, adding the soft, low music of their wings to the babble of the brook and to the natural and artificial beauties of the place. Through the green of the shrubbery the sun lit up here and there the white gleaming figure of a god or goddess, and for those whose piety felt the need of religious consolation, there were temples at hand and altars whereat the sacrifice could be offered, and the libation poured.
About the author:
Edgar Sanderson (1838-1907) was a British historian whose other works include “History of the British Empire,” “Hero Patriots of the Nineteenth Century,” and “The Fight for the Flag in South Africa.”
Includes supplemental material:
• A Brief Summary of Plato’s Life and Writings
• A Brief Summary of Plato’s Philosophy
Sample passage:
The Academy was truly a delightful spot. The ideal of a site for a school of philosophy that its name ever conjures, probably has not been exaggerated. Here, in the fresh pure air of the country, in a climate that has inspired the most sweetly rural poetry, in the very heart of classic Greece, Plato founded his school and taught his philosophy. Through the grounds of the Academy wound a musical little stream, fringed with many species of flowers, to which the bees paid daily visit, adding the soft, low music of their wings to the babble of the brook and to the natural and artificial beauties of the place. Through the green of the shrubbery the sun lit up here and there the white gleaming figure of a god or goddess, and for those whose piety felt the need of religious consolation, there were temples at hand and altars whereat the sacrifice could be offered, and the libation poured.
About the author:
Edgar Sanderson (1838-1907) was a British historian whose other works include “History of the British Empire,” “Hero Patriots of the Nineteenth Century,” and “The Fight for the Flag in South Africa.”
11 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1899
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