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Plato and History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

R. G. Bury
R. G. Bury
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Extract

Not being an historian but a philosopher, largely concerned with political theory, Plato was not primarily interested in historical inquiry for its own sake. His references to history or prehistory, when they occur, are introduced for the purpose of illustrating some particular point of doctrine, generally ethical or political.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Classical Quarterly , Volume 1 , Issue 1-2 , January 1951 , pp. 86 - 93
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1951

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