Why Plato Matters Now
by Angie Hobbs
Angie Hobbs is a classics scholar, but this book is no monograph. It’s written for the layperson who wants to engage with key arguments from Plato, a thinker who grappled with issues of power, democracy and morality, and whose thought is highly relevant to our contemporary situation.
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“It’s not an academic book, but the scholarship is visible in the sense that she gives her sources and is careful to avoid oversimplifying. So you get some of the complexity of different readings of Plato. But her underlying theme is connecting his work to the present day, why we should read Plato now. Unfortunately much of what he wrote about politics and power is still very relevant.” Read more...
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