{"product_id":"9780786133659","title":"Plato in 90 Minutes","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an age when philosophers had scarcely glimpsed the horizons of the mind, a boy named Aristocles decided to forgo his ambitions as a wrestler. Adopting the nickname Plato, he embarked instead on a life in philosophy. In 387 B.C. he founded the Academy, the world's first university, and taught his students that all we see is not reality but merely a reproduction of the true source. And in his famous \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e he described the politics of \"the highest form of state.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlato in 90 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Plato's life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Plato's work, a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to delve deeper, and chronologies that place Plato within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47095388078320,"sku":"9780786133659","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786133659_p0.jpg?v=1763665023","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786133659","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}