{"product_id":"tyranny-and-wisdom-greg-johnson-9781642640595","title":"Tyranny and Wisdom: Plato's Greater Alcibiades and Gorgias","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Ancient world, one began the study of Plato with two dialogues: the \u003cem\u003eGreater Alcibiades \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003eGorgias\u003c\/em\u003e, which depict Socrates' first conversations with two famous men: Alcibiades, the Athenian statesman, general, and traitor-and the great sophist Gorgias, who taught ambitious young men like Alcibiades how to rise as their society declined around them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreg Johnson's \u003cem\u003eTyranny \u0026amp; Wisdom\u003c\/em\u003e leads you carefully through these dialogues and demonstrates that the Ancients were right: together, they are an excellent introduction to Plato. Here we encounter Plato's most challenging ideas, threaded together by a highly dramatic conflict between two ways of life: the pursuit of power vs. the pursuit of wisdom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greg Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164264059X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642640595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counter-Currents Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Greg Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47966003986687,"sku":"9781642640595","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_019e9893-f9d7-4baf-9268-84b4281be6f0.jpg?v=1767286266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tyranny-and-wisdom-greg-johnson-9781642640595","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}