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

New Books in Critical Theory

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How Did Plato Respond to the Rise of Sophists and Rhetoric?

Carol describes the sophists' role in Athens, Plato's concerns about rhetoric as form over substance, and his engagement with contemporaries like Gorgias.

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