Mathematics in Plato's Republic

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Marquette University Press (2020)
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A discussion of Plato's evaluation of mathematics as an intellectual discipline, and his reasons for training his philosopher-rulers to be mathematical experts.

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B398.M3.B66 2020

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