Why Plato Wrote

Why Plato Wrote argues that Plato was not only the world's first systematic political philosopher, but also the western world's first think-tank activist and message man. Shows that Plato wrote to change Athenian society and thereby transform Athenian politics Offers accessible discussions of Plato's philosophy of language and political theory

Danielle S. Allen is UPS Foundation Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. She is the author of The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens (2000) and Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship Since Brown vs. the Board of Education (2004).

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Prologue: Why Think about Plato?
Why Plato Wrote
Who Was Plato?
The Importance of Symbols in Human Life
The Philosopher as Model-Maker
The Philosopher as Shadow-Maker
What Plato Wrote
How Plato Lived
What Plato Did
The Case for Influence
Culture War Emergent
Culture War Concluded
Epilogue: And to My Colleagues
The Relationship between Paradigms and Forms
A Second Tri-partite Division of the Soul?
Miso- Compounds in Greek Literature
Notes
References
Further Reading
Index
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