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The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin s Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history s most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker s art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.Plato s retelling of the discourses between Socrates and his friends on such subjects as love and desire, truth and illusion, spiritual transcendence and the qualities of a good ruler, profoundly affected the ways in which we view human relationships, society and leadership–and shaped the whole tradition of Western philosophy.