Plato: The Republic, Books 6-10 (Loeb Classical Library, No. 276) Shaykh Abdullah Siraj al-Din's Almost everyone would agree that

Almost everyone would agree that we―in the West

This verse from the Qur'an serves as our reminder to be patient during hardships

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and its sincere supplication

Ehrman frames his account with personal reflections on how his study of the Greek manuscripts made him abandon his once ultra–conservative views of the Bible

Plato: The Republic, Books 6-10 (Loeb Classical Library, No. 276) Shaykh Abdullah Siraj al-Din's Almost everyone would agree thatPlato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable; that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was wealthy is likely; that he was critical of 'advanced' democracy is obvious. He lived to be 80