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Plato Uncovered: Building Influence in the Ancient and Modern World

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The Distinction Between Socrates and Plato

Plato is writing historical fiction about famous figures with Socrates interacting with them. He's really writing for this pan-helenic audience of wealthy, well connected people in all these places. It gives the impression of being colloquial but he writes in a style that actually doesn't have all these local slangs and phraseologiesThat you would only know if you were an Athenian or interstate Athensite. You can contrast it with the Aristophanes plays on international audiences.

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