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Carol Atack, "Plato: A Civic Life" (Reaktion, 2025)

New Books in Literary Studies

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Plato’s Early Life and Athenian Context

Atack narrates Plato’s upbringing in 5th-century Athens, family background, and the city’s wartime and post-plague turmoil affecting his formative years.

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