Rebecca newberger goldsteins plato at the googleplex offers an ambitious apologia for philosophy against its naysayers through a detailed engagement with the ideas of its founding fatherit is quite simply a tour de force erudite intelligent insightful and beautifully written goldsteins achievement is truly remarkable not least because she has dared to make the . At the origin of western philosophy stands plato who got about as much wrong as one would expect from a thinker who lived 2400 years ago but platos role in shaping philosophy was pivotal on her way to considering the place of philosophy in our ongoing intellectual life goldstein tells a new story of its origin re envisioning the . At the origin of western philosophy stands plato who got about as much wrong as one would expect from a thinker who lived 2400 years ago but platos role in shaping philosophy was pivotal on her way to considering the place of philosophy in our ongoing intellectual life goldstein tells a new story of its origin re envisioning the . Philosophy is the love of wisdom in her new book plato at the googleplex why philosophy wont go away 2014 rebecca goldstein examines the continuous nature of philosophical questioning through a partly expository partly fictional presentation of the thought of the ancient greek philosopher plato. In plato at the googleplex why philosophy wont go away she brings socrates famous disciple back to life relocating him to the us for a lecture circuit 2400 years after his death