Plato of Athens - A Life in Philosophy

This book, the first ever biography of the father of philosophy, tracks Plato's life from his childhood in war-torn Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE to his founding of the Academy, adventures in Sicily, death, and immense legacy. Throughout, it sheds light on Plato's many timeless works of philosophy.

List of contents

• Preface and Acknowledgments


• Maps


• List of Illustrations and Tables


• List of Plato's Dialogues


• Timeline


• Introduction


• The Sources


• 1. Growing Up in Wartime Athens


• 2. The Intellectual Environment


• 3. From Politics to Philosophy


• 4. Southern Italy and Sicily


• 5. The Academy


• 6. The Second and Third Visits to Syracuse


• 7. Last Years


• Further Reading


• Index

About the author

Robin Waterfield is an independent scholar and translator living in southern Greece. Among his numerous translations of Greek works are Plato's Symposium, Gorgias, and Republic, all published in the Oxford World's Classics series. His previous works of history include Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens: A History of Ancient Greece and Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Waterfield, Robin Waterfield
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 30.05.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9780197797211
• ISBN: 978-0-19-779721-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, Biography: general, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500