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The Seventh Letter
Mihai Spariosu
其他書名
A Philosophical Mystery at Plato's Academy
出版M Spariosu, 2022-05
主題Fiction / Historical / GeneralPhilosophy / General
ISBN17379228199781737922810
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3S8YzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The Time is 347 B.C.Aging Plato has FallenSeriously IllA group of his followers, including his nephew, Speusippus, and his most brilliant student,Aristotle, are waiting to be called to his bedside. The two younger philosophers are embroiled in academic politics. They expect Plato to endorse one of them as his successor to the leadership of the Academy. But an unexpected turn of events casts doubt on the future of the School, as well as that of the entire Greek world. The previous night someone has thrown a mysterious scroll into Plato's bedroom. It contains what has come down to posterity as his famed, but controversial,Seventh Letter?"I loved the book. It is much more than a historical novel; I found it to be an entertaining and gripping biographical documentary staging Plato, Socrates and the Athenian Academy.The reader can become acquainted with Plato's philosophy without abstraction, as the ideas are imbedded in the narrative."- Nassim Nicholas TalebBest selling Author of The Black Swan