Understanding Plato in 30 Minutes

By Dianne Masters

Understanding Plato in 30 Minutes

HAve you ever wondered about how to understand the complex thoughts of one of the most amazing philosophers to ever live?

Then this book is for you!

It contains breakdowns of all of Plato's complex thoughts, including a biography, summaries of all his works, and quotes from the famous man himself!

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Universal Books
• Release date: Aug 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005842574

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Introduction

Thank you for buying this book and welcome to the best and easiest book to understand Plato, his life and his philosophy - a book that is designed to take you step by step through everything related to Plato, one of the greatest philosophers in history, if not the greatest philosopher in history - it has been said that even though he wrote over 3000 years ago, all the rest of philosophy are just footnotes to his works. His writings were celebrated, and his opinions extremely well respect. So much so, he has been called divine for the elegance, melody, and sweetness of his expressions.

That is not to imply that Plato’s works are difficult to understand. On the contrary, this book has been written to make getting into Plato and his philosophy simple and straightforward, with everything explained in an easy to understand language. Little time is spent on needless waffle, or complicated terms. Instead, the book is focused on getting to the core of Plato and the elements of his philosophy, in order to make it easy for you to understand it.

So what is in this book?

First, we are going to discuss Plato’s life and explain his background. Then we will go into a comprehensive, detailed discussion about all the fundamental elements of his philosophy, such as his views on Democracy, Society and Love. One of the most interesting things you will find here is how relevant Plato’s views are to today’s society, which shows how the same problems that plagued ancient society still plagues our society today.

After that, the book will go into Plato’s famous dialogs, as well as some of his most memorable lessons and stories. You will be presented with summaries of all Plato’s dialogs, as well as detailed explanations of his most famous. In these summaries, the book will detail the philosophical implications of these famous dialogs.

Along the way, during all of this delving into Plato’s works, you will learn some of the important tools Plato used for his critical thinking, and some important ways that he viewed the world – these important tools and views can help you to do your own delving, your own philosophizing and your own critical thinking – just as Plato would have wanted you to.

After all of that, once you understand Plato and his life and views, you will be presented with a selection Plato’s most famous quotes. Understanding Plato as you will by this time, these quotes will shed even more light on his philosophy.

After all of that, by the end of this book you will understand everything there is to know about Plato and his view of the world, you will understand how his philosophy is still relevant to the way we all lead our lives today; and you will understand how to think in the critical way