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Plato
Shorey, Paul | December 4, 1929 issue

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The article discusses the book "The Son of Apollo," by Frederick J.E. Woodbridge. Plato may be read for human delight, for his suggestiveness, and to ascertain his precise meaning. The author's own more modest announcement is that he is offering the reader his personal Plato with the Protagorean suggestion that in the flux of philological opinion one man's Plato is as good as another's. What he in fact offers is, first, a rambling but readable introduction on the life of Plato, of which the main point is that the marvelous and mythical anecdotes told of this son of Apollo, though not literally true, may symbolize more truth than a dry summary of the few facts which historical evidence could convey.

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SON of Apollo, The (Book); WOODBRIDGE, Frederick J. E.; PLATO; PHILOSOPHY, Ancient; PLATONISTS; LITERATURE
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