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Clitophon: The Unfinished Conversation - Plato's Mysterious and Brief Challenge to Socrates' Teaching (Deluxe Hardbound Edition)

By Plato, Tim Zengerink (Translator)
Hardcover
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By Plato, Tim Zengerink (Translator)
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What if the one who teaches virtue could never show you how to practice it?

In Clitophon, Plato delivers a rare role reversal-one of Socrates' students publicly challenges him. Clitophon, once inspired by Socrates' stirring criticisms of Athenian corruption, now expresses frustration. While Socrates calls others to justice and virtue, he offers no clear path forward. Is Socrates a philosopher or merely a rhetorician?

This modern translation presents the complete dialogue with sharp clarity, r...