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Plato
In the Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a small agricultural utopia he named Magnesia.
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The trial and condemnation of Socrates for heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of Classical Athens. In tracing these events through four dialogues, Plato…
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In Protagoras, the main argument is between the elderly Protagoras, a celebrated Sophist, and Socrates. The discussion takes place at the home of Callias, who is host to Protagoras while…
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Raimond Gaita
Many people are now dismayed by the relaxed attitude of governments here and abroad towards truth telling. In Australia, examples include WMD and Iraq, ‘children overboard’ and the Manildra affair…
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This book won the 1998 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non Fiction and has been on the bestsellers list consistently since it was first published in 1998. It is a…
The author draws moral philosophy away from the academic study of ethics and considers instead how real people actually think, talk and feel about morality. Australian author.
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Raymond Gaita interweaves stories about animals with reflections on how animals think, trust, hope and mourn. He argues that it is love which gives us the best model for the…
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In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerge a series of subtle reflections on gender…
In this text Plato uses a dinner party as a scene for a series of speeches by the guests. From these there emerges a complete and complex philosophy of love…
Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this book is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within…
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In this marvellous book, Raimond Gaita, the acclaimed author of Romulus, My Father , reflects on ideas about good and evil, guilt and remorse, forgiveness and compassion. In his discussion…
