{"product_id":"platos-dialogues-path-to-initiation-paperback","title":"Plato's Dialogues: Path to Initiation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor millennia, hundreds of books have been written on Plato's dialogues and philosophy. In this book, Carol Dunn makes the case that the major modern scholars interpret Plato with an overwhelming focus on understanding the \u003ci\u003erational\u003c\/i\u003e content of the dialogues, but omit or neglect the project of their \u003ci\u003epurpose.\u003c\/i\u003e Once they have mined the individual dialogues for their meaning, they neglect to share what readers can or should do with the knowledge gained from their investigations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author makes the case that Plato is engaged not only in thinking but also, and more important, in \u003ci\u003edoing\u003c\/i\u003e--that \u003ci\u003ewhat we do\u003c\/i\u003e with the knowledge is crucial, because it can determine the meaning and purpose of our own life. She saw that he was not merely engaging in rational philosophical discussion, but that the dialogues of Plato, especially up to the \u003ci\u003eRepublic, \u003c\/i\u003e embody the Socratic exhortation for each individual to \"take care for the soul.\" The dialogues therefore embody both a rational philosophy and a system of spiritual\/religious principles and doctrines whose purpose is to lay out--in a public forum--the path a true disciple needs to take to have a personal and direct experience of spiritual illumination, or enlightenment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book is not just for scholars of Plato's philosophy, but for anyone who wishes to penetrate an ancient, though largely overlooked, path to initiation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737930010687,"sku":"9780983198468","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a00ebf06f5a5e8fa83811cac50ddca95.webp?v=1765151578","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/platos-dialogues-path-to-initiation-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}