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1527525082 pdf 1527525082 pdf This volume consists of essays published by John Glucker between 1987 and 2014 in various books and periodicals, now assembled for the first time. They deal with aspects of the contributions to Western thought of two of its major representatives indeed, two of the major figures in the whole of European intellectual history Plato and Cicero. All but one of the books chapters are in English, but ancient texts are usually quoted in the original Greek or Latin. Some of these essays deal with the interpretation of sections or parts of Plato and Ciceros philosophical works, while others study the influence of these writings on the history of ancient and modern thought. Some of the articles are more technical, and will therefore be of interest to scholars and reserachers, while others are directed at laymen with a good basic background knowledge of Western thought. Read more