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In this book a distinguished philosopher offers a comprehensive interpretation of Plato's most controversial dialogue. Treating the Republic as a unity and focu
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Despite the central role that animals play in African writing and daily life, African literature and African thinkers remain conspicuously absent from the field
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Plato's Essentialism
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In this book, Vasilis Politis argues that Plato's Forms are essences, not merely things that have an essence. Politis shows that understanding Plato's theory of