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New York: NAL / The New American Library, 1961. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. First printing of 1961 revised edition. Jacket spine and edges faded, 1/2 inch closed tear to front jacket corner. x, [2], 13-607, [1] pp. An updated version of the translation first released in 1956, incorporating newly added diagrams of the Divided Line, the Banque, and the Cave, a summary of The Republic by J.C.G. Rouse, and some new footnotes and edits for clarity. Includes: Ion; Meno (Menon); Euthydemus; Symposium (The Banquet); The Republic (Summary and Books I-X); The Apology (The Defence of Socrates); Crito (Criton); Phaedo (Phaidon); The Greek Alphabet; Pronouncing Index. "Plato (428/427 BC - 348/347 BC) was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of natural…
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