The Philosopher Kings: A Novel (Thessaly)
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (760 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765332671 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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"I found this story to be quite enjoyable. While" according to James Munoz. I found this story to be quite enjoyable. While I may have stayed up too late reading it this week, the characters and scenes will provide a world of entertainment and pleasant dreams. Greek mythological figures, historical innovators and the childrenit makes you wish you were given the opportunity to. "and how to live out Plato’s ideals – and I don’t mean any of that in a bad way, I adored it – this had a" according to Alex Pierce. This was really quite different from The Just City. Where I felt that the first book was incredibly focussed on dialogue and discussion about what excellence is, what makes a just city, and how to live out Plato’s ideals – and I don’t mean any of that in a bad way, I adored it &ndash. Elisabeth Carey said The Just City meets the world. Thirty years have passed since the founding of the Just City. The first period of its history ended with the Last Debate, when Athena turned Socrates into a fly and then left. The community split, and there are now four more cities in addition to the original, or "remnant" city. Apollo/Pythias has sev
The novels of her Small Change sequenceFarthing,Ha'penny, and Half a Crown have won acclaim ranging from national newspapers to the Romantic Times Critics' Choice Award. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and her novel Tooth and Claw won the World Fantasy Award in 2004. Before that, she won the John W. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal.. JO WALTON won the Hu
But a tragic loss causes him to become consumed with the desire for revenge. The god Apollo, living (by his own choice) a human life as "Pythias" in the City, his true identity known only to a few, is now married and the father of several children. Twenty years have elapsed since the events of The Just City. The City, founded by the time-traveling goddess Pallas Athene, organized on the principles espoused in Plato's Republic and populated by people from all eras of human history, has now split into five cities, and low-level armed conflict between them is not unheard-of. Being Apollo, he goes handling it in a seemingly rational and systematic way, but it's evident, particularly to his precocious daughter Arete,
"This continues Walton's fascinating exploration of what it might be like if people lived according to Platonic ideals but with messy human emotions and urges complicating matters at every turn."Library Journal "If there's one thing Walton is brilliant at and there are roughly 1 million of those it's not letting you know quite what kind of story you're in, and leading you to relish the discovery."NPR