ACASTOS: TWO PLATONIC DIALOGUES BY IRIS MURDOCH IN SOUTH AFRICA

Condition: Good. Name of previous owner on flyleaf. Acastos: Two Platonic Dialogues is Murdoch's philosophical masterpiece featuring fictionalized discussions between the intellectual giants of the classical world, including Socrates and Plato. Described by Acastos, a friend of Plato's, the riveting debates center on the nature of goodness and faith, told through the voices of history's most celebrated thinkers.Witty and profound, these debates apply the timeless wisdom of history's renowned philosophers to the most contentious issues of the modern day. About the author () Iris Murdoch was one of the twentieth century's most prominent novelists, winner of the Booker Prize for The Sea. She died in .