{"product_id":"9781939994189","title":"Plato For Beginners","description":"All philosophy is a footnote to Plato. No other person so shaped the Western world and the way we think about it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlato’s questions remain as real for us today as they were 2500 years ago, and as human beings, we can not avoid their presence nor shirk our responsibility to attempt to answer them:\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is Justice?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is Truth?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is Beauty?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat kind of society should we build?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do we know what we know?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the reader to Socrates, Plato’s mentor whose martyrdom led Plato to formulate a new system of knowledge based on reason. Socrates was found guilty and sentenced to death for refusing to recognize the gods of the State and for introducing other divinities. He was also found guilty of corrupting youth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlato For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e also covers the history of Greece as well as the life and ideas of this great philosopher and his influence over time, from early Christianity to the 20th Century. The reader learns what he meant by Truth, Beauty, and the Good. Classical dialogues such as \u003ci\u003eSymposium, Phaedo, The Apology\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Republic \u003c\/i\u003eare all explored in the context of his time and our own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Cavalier\u003c\/b\u003e received his BA from New York University and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Duquesne University. In 1987 he joined the staff at Carnegie Mellon's Center for Design of Educational Computing, where he became Executive Director in 1991. Dr. Cavalier was Director of CMU's Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy from 2005-2007. He is currently co-Director of Southwestern Pennsylvania Program for Deliberative Democracy. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"For Beginners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183085306096,"sku":"9781939994189","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939994189_p0.jpg?v=1763667621","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939994189","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}