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Author: Peter Wilhelm Forchhammer
Book Title: Die Athener und Sokrates: Die Gesetzlichen und der Revolutionär
Language: German
Topic: Philosophie, Griechisch-Römischen
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Genre: Classics
Publication Year: 2018
Original Language: German
Country/Region of Manufacture: America
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Intended Audience: Adults
Personalize: No
Inscribed: No
Ex Libris: No
Personalized: No
Signed: No
Item Weight: 5 oz
Number of Pages: 106
Type: textbook