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I consider it a privilege, therefore, to make this volume on Platos philosophy accessible to the English reading public.

This book, first published in English in 1933, provides a detailed analysis of the life and concepts of the Greek philosopher Plato. _The Essence of Plato’s Philosophy _explores epistemology and ontology, the philosophy of nature, ethics and the philosophy of the state, and aesthetics and religion. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy.

Excerpt from Untersuchungen Über Plato: Die Echtheit und Chronologie der Platonischen Schriften, Nebst Anhang: Gedankengang und Grundanschauungen von Platos Theätet Fr. Überweg, Untersuchungen über die Echtheit und Zeitfolge platonischer Schriften u. S. W., Wien 1861. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present (...) in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. (shrink)