The Seventh Letter

by Dr. Mihai Iuliu Spariosu

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  • The posthumous novel by my late friend Mihai Spariosu, RIP. Saw the book's progression over the past 20 y. “Entertaining & gripping ...Plato, Socrates & the Academy/ Plato’s philosophy without abstraction, as the ideas are imbedded in the narrative.” https://t.co/FLtUXDsDO1Link to Tweet

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The Time is 347 B.C.Aging Plato has FallenSeriously IllA group of his followers, including his nephew, Speusippus, and his most brilliant student,Aristotle, are waiting to be called to his bedside. The two younger philosophers are embroiled in academic politics. They expect Plato to endorse one of them as his successor to the leadership of the Academy. But an unexpected turn of events casts doubt on the future of the School, as well as that of the entire Greek world. The previous night someone has thrown a mysterious scroll into Plato's bedroom. It contains what has come down to posterity as his famed, but controversial,Seventh Letter?"I loved the book. It is much more than a historical novel; I found it to be an entertaining and gripping biographical documentary staging Plato, Socrates and the Athenian Academy.The reader can become acquainted with Plato's philosophy without abstraction, as the ideas are imbedded in the narrative."- Nassim Nicholas TalebBest selling Author of The Black Swan