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

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The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization Nature_Gift_Guide while on assignmentThe 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 cultureand how their rivalry shaped the essential features of our culture down to the present day. Plato came from a wealthy, connected Athenian family and lived a comfortable upper class lifestyle until he met an odd little man