In ancient Greece, philosophers developed new and dazzling ideas about divinity, drawing on the deep well of poetry, myth, and religious practices even as they set out to construct new theological ideas. Andrea Nightingale argues that Plato shared in this culture and appropriates specific Greek reli
Dialectic and dialogue: Plato's practice of philosophical inquiry /
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- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press,
- Year
- 1998.
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 394
- Category
- Library
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