The cave and the light : Plato versus Aristotle, and the struggle for the soul of Western civilization /
A history of the influential rivalry between Plato and Aristotle traces the Western world's ongoing battle of ideas to their competing philosophies, demonstrating how their contrasting views on everything became the twin fountainheads of Western culture.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[2013]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | A history of the influential rivalry between Plato and Aristotle traces the Western world's ongoing battle of ideas to their competing philosophies, demonstrating how their contrasting views on everything became the twin fountainheads of Western culture. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 676 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-642) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780553807301 (acid-free paper) : 0553807307 (acid-free paper) |