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Book Title: Philebus : a Socratic Dialogue
Item Length: 11in.
Item Height: 0.2in.
Item Width: 8.5in.
Author: Plato
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Ancient / Greece
Publisher: CreateSpace
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: History
Item Weight: 10.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 94 Pages
