Great Books of the Western World The Dialogues of Plato; The Seventh Letter
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Book
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Philosophy: General reference, treatises, etc.
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Publication Year
1954
Publisher
Encyclopædia Britannica, United Kingdom
Volume
VII
Pages
814
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The Seventh Letter of Plato is an epistle that tradition has ascribed to Plato. It is by far the longest of the epistles of Plato and gives an autobiographical account of his activities in Sicily as part of the intrigues between Dion and Dionysius of Syracuse for the tyranny of Syracuse. It also contains an extended philosophical interlude concerning the possibility of writing true philosophical works and the theory of forms.[1] Assuming that the letter is authentic, it was written after Dion was assassinated by Calippus in 353 BC and before the latter was in turn overthrown a year later
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