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Acheron Press reprints of a couple of recent works
Plato's Shadow: A Primer on Plato (2009) by Neel Burton
This book provides the student and general reader with a comprehensive overview of the thought of Plato, Socrates, and the pre-Socratic philosophers. It includes an introduction to their lives and times, and - for the first time - a precis of each of Plato's dialogues, amongst which the Apology, Laches, Gorgias, Symposium, Phaedrus, Phaedo, Meno, Timaeus, Theaetetus, Republic, and 18 others.
"provides a tremendously useful service to anyone studying Plato, or to the more general reader who might otherwise struggle to make headway unaided"
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004LROWPW/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004LROWPW/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B004LROWPW/
Aristotle's Universe: A Primer on Aristotle (2011) by Neel Burton
Following in the footsteps of 'Plato's Shadow', this book aims to provide the student and general reader with a comprehensive overview of Aristotle's thought. It includes an introduction to the life of Aristotle, and, for the first time, a précis of each of his works, including Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, Poetics, Rhetoric, and several others.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005MU9XPQ/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005MU9XPQ/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B005MU9XPQ/