{"product_id":"a-meeting-in-oea-or-concerning-plato-hardcover","title":"A Meeting in Oea, or Concerning Plato - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAleksander Krawczuk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe quirkiest, zaniest, funniest book about Plato ever written by a scholar. Or anyone.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Apuleius, Rome's all-time best-selling author (of The Golden Ass, no less!), a Platonic scholar, a part-time magician, and a dowry-hunter, as he works on his treatise on Plato at night and schemes to marry a rich African widow by day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn overview of Plato's life and work as seen through the eyes of an engaging second-century AD Roman provincial, written in a lively, conversational style with occasional--but not too overwhelming--flashes of literary genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAleksander Krawczuk's books on Greece and Rome have shaped three generations of antique lovers in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey have been huge best-sellers because of their unassuming style: reading him feels like taking part in a pleasant chat after a nice dinner by the fireside, with a glass of sherry in hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis topics are important and may at first seem forbidding, but the good professor finds a way to talk about them in an unassuming way without dumbing them down in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy personal favorite of all of Krawczuk's books. A feast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGive yourself a blast. Pick up your copy today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46592918651077,"sku":"9782919820399","price":41.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/44rhQq46i79782919820399.webp?v=1785067531","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/a-meeting-in-oea-or-concerning-plato-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}