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    Plato: Philosophy in an Hour

    By Paul Strathern

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 1, 2012
    ISBN9780007464951
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    Plato: Philosophy in an Hour
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    Paul Strathern

    Paul Strathern’s narrative nonfiction includes The Other Renaissance, The Venetians, Death in Florence, The Medici, Mendeleyev's Dream, The Florentines, Empire, and The Borgias, all available from Pegasus Books. He is also a Somerset Maugham Award-winning novelist. Paul lives in London. 

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