Plato on the Human Paradox

by Robert O'Connell

Book Overview

A great thinker once said that all philosophy is merely footnotes to Plato.

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 Apology, Phaedo, Books III-VI of the Republic,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823217582
• ISBN13: 9780823217588
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"