Plato for Beginners

Informationen zum Autor Robert Cavalier received his BA from New York University and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Duquesne University. In 1987 he joined the staff at Carnegie Mellon's Center for Design of Educational Computing, where he became Executive Director in 1991. Dr. Cavalier was Director of CMU's Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy from 2005-2007. He is currently co-Director of Southwestern Pennsylvania Program for Deliberative Democracy. Klappentext This book introduces readers to the philosopher who helped shape the way we think about the world. It includes a look at the social gadfly Socrates, Plato's mentor, whose martyrdom led Plato to form a new system of knowledge based on reason.

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• Authors: Robert Cavalier, Robert (Robert Cavalier) Cavalier, Robert/ Lurio Cavalier
• Assisted by: Eric Lurio (Illustration), Eric (Eric Lurio) Lurio (Illustration)
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2007
• EAN: 9781934389089
• ISBN: 978-1-934389-08-9
• No. of pages: 153
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 229 mm x 6 mm
• Series: For Beginners; For Beginners; For Beginners (For Beginners)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day