Description

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Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the world's first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world's first think-tank activist and message man.

• Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics
• Offers accessible discussions of Plato's philosophy of language and political theory
• Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2011

About the Author

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Danielle S. Allen is UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. She is the author of The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens (2000) and Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship Since Brown vs. the Board of Education (2004).