{"product_id":"plato-on-the-human-paradox-paperback-softback-9780823217588","title":"Plato on the Human Paradox (Paperback \/ softback) 9780823217588","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePlato on the Human Paradox\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert J. O'Connell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823217588\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA great thinker once said that \"all philosophy is merely footnotes to Plato.\"\u003cbr\u003e Through Plato, Father O'Connell provides us here with an introduction to all philosophy. Designed for beginning students in philosophy, Plato on the Human Paradox examines and confronts human nature and the eternal questions concerning human nature through the dialogues of Plato, focusing on the \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/i\u003e, Books III-VI of the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMeno\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003c\/i\u003e, and O'Connell presents us here with an introduction to Plato through the philosopher's quest to define \"human excellence\" or arete in terms of defining what \"human being\" is body and soul, focusing on Plato's preoccupations with the questions of how and what it means to have a \"good life\" in relation to or as opposed to a \"moral life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580216144152,"sku":"9780823217588","price":28.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/plato-on-the-human-paradox-paperback-softback-9780823217588","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}