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Bloomsbury Companion to Socrates

Contributor(s): Bussanich, John (Editor), Smith, Nicholas D (Editor)

ISBN: 9781441112842

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

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Pub Date: January 3, 2013

Dewey: 183.2

LCCN: 2012025682

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.50" H x 9.30" L x 6.10" W ( 1.75 lbs) 448 pages

Series: Bloomsbury Companions

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Description:

Featuring chapters by leading international scholars in Ancient Philosophy, the is a comprehensive one volume reference to guide to Socrates' thought.

Brief description: John Bussanich is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico, USA. He is the author of The One and its Relation to Intellect in Plotinus (Brill, 1988) and co-editor of the journal Ancient Philosophy.

Review Quotes:

"The excellent opening essay by Robin Waterfield will prove essential reading for students of the historical Socrates. Several other essays provide significant correctives to older approaches and indicate fruitful directions for further exploration. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through graduate students; general readers." --A.P. Johnson, Lee University, CHOICE

"This new companion to Socrates will be very welcome to scholars. The book aims "to assemble a comprehensive guide to the main issues engaged in the philosophy of Socrates". These essays fulfill that aim admirably ... [and] is an excellent volume on Socratic philosophy for advanced readers." --Peter Aronoff, Trinity School, USA, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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