{"product_id":"9781836392057","title":"Plato : A Civic Life - Carol Atack","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlato is a key figure from the beginnings of Western philosophy, yet the impact of his lived experience on his thought has rarely been explored. Plato lived in turbulent times, born during a war that led to Athens's defeat and decline. A restored democracy enabled the execution of his teacher Socrates. Carol Atack explores how his life in Athens influenced Plato's thinking, how he developed the Socratic dialogue into a powerful philosophical tool and how he used the institutions of Athenian society to create a compelling imaginative world. Now available in paperback, this accessibly written book shows how Plato made Athens the place where diverse ideas were integrated into a new way of approaching big questions about existence and the societies we create, then and now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carol Atack","offers":[{"title":"240 pages, 28 illustrations \/ 01\/03\/2026 \/ Ancient history: to c 500 CE","offer_id":56971051270519,"sku":"9781836392057","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781836392057.jpg?v=1781002640","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781836392057","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}