The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization

By Arthur Herman — 2014

The definitive sequel to New York Times bestseller How the Scots Invented the Modern World is a magisterial account of how the two greatest thinkers of the ancient world, Plato and Aristotle, laid the foundations of Western culture—and how their rivalry shaped the essential features of our culture... See more...

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