This book helps understand Platoâs writings by describing the circumstances in which they were produced. The author begins with an account of Platoâs life and development and a brief analysis of some of the more difficult points arising from the criticism of Platoâs writings. The remainder of the work considers the total setting â political, literary and philosophical â in which Platoâs writings were produced. There are extensive appendices on the Platonic Epistles, Aristotle and the Theory of Ideas, and on the post-Aristotelian tradition. The result is both a lucid account of Plato himself and a comprehensive view of culture in fifth century Greece.
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