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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-100691097186
ISBN-139780691097183
eBay Product ID (ePID)783963
Product Key Features
Number of Pages1770 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCollected Dialogues of Plato
SubjectHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Publication Year1961
FeaturesReprint
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy
AuthorPlato
SeriesBollingen Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2.2 in
Item Weight51 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN61-011758
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsThis elegant edition contains many of the best and most readable English translations of the Dialogues and Letters. . . . Judiciously edited, beautifully printed. -- Review of Metaphysics, "This elegant edition contains many of the best and most readable English translations of the Dialogues and Letters. . . . Judiciously edited, beautifully printed."-- Review of Metaphysics, "This elegant edition contains many of the best and most readable English translations of the Dialogues and Letters. . . . Judiciously edited, beautifully printed." -- Review of Metaphysics, This elegant edition contains many of the best and most readable English translations of the Dialogues and Letters. . . . Judiciously edited, beautifully printed.
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number18
Dewey Decimal888
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisA landmark one-volume edition of the complete Plato in classic modern translations All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. The editors set out to choose the contents of this collected edition from the work of the best modern British and American translators. The volume contains prefatory notes to each dialogue, by Edith Hamilton; an introductory essay on Plato's philosophy and writings, by Huntington Cairns; and a comprehensive index with cross references to assist the reader with the philosophical vocabulary of the different translators., Presents the writings of Plato that are generally considered to be authentic. This title collects the contents from the work of the best British and American translators of the last 100 years, ranging from Jowett (1871) to scholars of the present day., All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. The editors set out to choose the contents of this collected edition from the work of the best British and American translators of the last 100 years, ranging from Jowett (1871) to scholars of the present day. The volume contains prefatory notes to each dialogue, by Edith Hamilton; an introductory essay on Plato's philosophy and writings, by Huntington Cairns; and a comprehensive index which seeks, by means of cross references, to assist the reader with the philosophical vocabulary of the different translators., "The Platonic Forms of the Platonic dialogues."--Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex A landmark one-volume edition of the complete Plato in classic translations This is a classic one-volume edition of all the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic. The editors, Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns, chose the contents from the work of the best modern British and American translators. The volume contains prefatory notes to each dialogue, by Hamilton; an introductory essay on Plato's philosophy and writings, by Cairns; and a comprehensive index with cross references to assist the reader with the philosophical vocabulary of the different translators.