Harold Tarrant

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Harold Tarrant studied at Cambridge and Durham Universities, worked at the University of Sydney and was Chair of Classics at the University of Newcastle, Australia, where he’s now Emeritus Professor. His focus is ancient Platonism, from Plato to Olympiodorus. He has authored or co-authored 10 books in that field, and edited or co-edited others.

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Books by Harold Tarrant

The Republic: The Essential Philosophical Dialogue (Concise Edition)

By Plato

Foreword by Marika Taylor / Introduction by Harold Tarrant

Plato's dialogues still form the basis of ethical government and justice today. Now read The Republic in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader.

With a new introduction placing Plato's great work at the heart of ancient concepts of human organization and justice, this new...

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