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Special Intro Offer: Plato's Academy Library

Special Intro Offer: Plato's Academy Library

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Interested in classical philosophy? We're offering a 90-day free trial to celebrate the launch of the Plato's Academy Library, where you will get access to excerpts from the latest books by leading authors and academics... -
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Please check out our new special offer for subscribers. We’ve recently launched a new feature called the Plato’s Academy Library, a section of our newsletter for paid subscribers, where we have started publishing exclusive excerpts from books on classics and philosophy. These include many recent and forthcoming titles from leading experts.

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The Plato’s Academy Centre is fortunate to have the support of leading publishing houses, who are providing us with content from their top authors, which Kasey, our communications director, is curating for our subscribers. We’ve already posted about fifteen excerpts and you’ll see more appearing every two weeks from now on.

The Plato’s Academy Centre is a nonprofit startup based in Athens, Greece, with the goal of raising funds to create an international event space near the original location of Plato’s Academy, by building an online community of supporters, in collaboration with leading authors and academics in the field of Greek classics.

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We’re grateful to you for supporting of the Plato’s Academy Centre nonprofit. To celebrate the launch of the Plato’s Academy Library, we’re offering you, our subscribers, a 90-day free trial of paid subscription, including full access to the library. This offer is only available for a limited period — so don’t miss your chance.

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Below is a sample of one of our book excerpts, from Prof. Angie Hobbs…

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Plato's Republic: A Ladybird Expert Book

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May 10, 2023
Plato's Republic: A Ladybird Expert Book

This is an excerpt from Plato's Republic: A Ladybird Expert Book reproduced by kind permission of the author, Prof. Angie Hobbs, and her publisher, Penguin. Philosophers, sophists, and alternative facts Why is Plato so committed to the existence of knowledge? Why is he not prepared to countenance the possibility that humans might have to withhold judgement?

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