Plato and the Tyrant : The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece

Name: Plato and the Tyrant
Brand: WW Norton & Co
SKU: 9781324130574
Price: 2700 KES
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ISBN: 9781324130574

by James Romm

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1324130571

ISBN-13 9781324130574

Publisher WW Norton & Co

Imprint WW Norton & Co

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 2nd, 2026

Print length 368 Pages

Weight 298 grams

Dimensions 21.10 x 14.00 x 2.50 cms

Product Classification: Biography: historical, political & military Biography: historical, political and military Ancient history: to c 500 CE Social & political philosophy Political science & theory Political science and theory Ancient history Social and political philosophy

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A rare biographical portrait of the philosopher Plato, showing how the ideas in his masterwork, Republic, were tested amidst a bloody civil war

In Plato and the Tyrant, acclaimed classicist James Romm uses a little-known set of Plato’s personal letters to introduce the man behind the ethereal image and to explore the formation of his most famous work, Republic. In the second half of his life, Plato involved himself in the affairs of the two Dionysii, a father and son who ruled Syracuse, at that time the greatest power in the Greek world. Plato’s interventions in the violent contest between Dionysius the Younger and his brother-in-law, Dion—with whom Plato may have had a long love affair—were the backdrop and perhaps the motivation for his masterwork. In a thrilling narrative, Romm captures how Plato’s experiment in enlightened autocracy spiralled into catastrophe and gives us a new account of the origins of Western political philosophy.

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