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Growing Up in Wartime Athens by Robin Waterfield is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Growing Up in Wartime Athens about?
The first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy <p>Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the fifth century BCE. In his teens, he honed his intellect by attending lectures from the many thinkers who passed through Athens and toyed with the idea of writing poetry. He finally decided to go into politics, but became disillusioned, especially after the Athenians condemned his teacher, Socrate
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Robin Waterfield
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressNew York
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780197564776
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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