Dillon, John. The Heirs of Plato: A Study of the Old Academy (347-274 B.C.).(Book review) From: The Review of Metaphysics | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Philosophy Education Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

DILLON, John. The Heirs of Plato: A Study of the Old Academy (347-274 B.C.). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003. x + 252 pp. Cloth, $72.00; paper $35.00--John Dillon, a distinguished classical scholar, now serving as Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College, Dublin, has provided in The Heirs of Plato what is likely to be for decades the authoritative scholarly account of the philosophical development and doings in Athens of the Academy of Plato during the first century after his death. This generally well-received book has been properly acclaimed as "learned, clear, stimulating, ...

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