Plato, mathematician, philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens, is, together with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, universally conside

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A rich and wide-ranging Companion to Plato's philosophy that is accessible to students while of equal interest to scholars.

An innovative and insightful exploration of the passionate early life of Socrates and the influences that led him to become the first and greatest of philosophe