{"product_id":"9781324130574","title":"Plato and the Tyrant","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePlato and the Tyrant\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed classicist James Romm uses a little-known set of Plato's personal letters to introduce the man behind the ethereal image and to explore the formation of his most famous work, \u003cem\u003eRepublic\u003c\/em\u003e. In the second half of his life, Plato involved himself in the affairs of the two Dionysii, a father and son who ruled Syracuse, at that time the greatest power in the Greek world. Plato's interventions in the violent contest between Dionysius the Younger and his brother-in-law, Dion-with whom Plato may have had a long love affair-were the backdrop and perhaps the motivation for his masterwork. In a thrilling narrative, Romm captures how Plato's experiment in enlightened autocracy spiralled into catastrophe and gives us a new account of the origins of Western political philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.W. Norton and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57531588936053,"sku":"9781324130574","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781324130574.jpg?v=1787927364","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.info\/products\/9781324130574","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}