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Title: Plato: Cratylus. Parmenides. Greater Hippias. Lesser Hippias. (Loeb Classical Library No. 167)
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| Plato: Cratylus. Parmenides. Greater Hippias. Lesser Hippias. (Loeb Classical Library No. 167) by Loeb Classical Library Plato (Charmides, Alcibiades First & Second, Hipparchus, the Lovers) (Hardcover) | | Are you vain and plan to rule the world with good looks and ambition? Well, Alcibiades is the book for you! In Plato's attempt to speak the truth about his teacher Socrates he wrote a little known book called "Alcibiades". In this dialogue Socrates deconstructs the vanity of Alcibiades, and informes the reader that Socrates is not to blame for the loss of the Peloponessian War, but the ambitions of his student Alcibiades. Make no mistake, this is an apology for Socrates from his most prolific student Plato! A must read for all HISTORIAN's. KNOW THE HISTORY BEFORE YOU READ, and only read LOEB CLASSICS to check the translations!!! | | Plato: Cratylus. Parmenides. Greater Hippias. Lesser Hippias. (Loeb Classical Library No. 167) by Loeb Classical Library Useful for the specialist and the student | | Like most volumes in the Loeb series, the emphasis is not on word-for-word precision in the translation, but on acheiving greater readability in broader terms. Since the original text in ancient Greek is provided on the facing page, the editors assume that anyone with a little knowledge of Greek can supplement the looseness of the translation by referring to the original. And in general, the compromises made in this way are good ones throughout the series. Bury's translation is one of the better ones in the series, achieving readability without sacrificing fidelity. There are also some fine notes to help with some of the more obscure mathematical arguments. It is also very useful to have the Timaeus and the Critias presented together. The inclusion of the Epistles along with the Cleitophon and Menexenus may seem a little miscellaneous, but these are fine translations of interesting texts. | | Plato: Cratylus. Parmenides. Greater Hippias. Lesser Hippias. (Loeb Classical Library No. 167) by Loeb Classical Library Obscure but interesting dialogues | | Like most volumes in the Loeb series, the emphasis is not on word-for-word precision in the translation, but on acheiving greater readability in broader terms. Since the original text in ancient Greek is provided on the facing page, the editors assume that anyone with a little knowledge of Greek can supplement the looseness of the translation by referring to the original. And in general, the compromises made in this way are good ones throughout the series. This particular volume brings together some of the more obscure (perhaps even spurious) dialogues in the Platonic corpus, but these are still worth reading. The Charmides, the two Alcibiades dialogues and the Theages certainly repay caareful study. Lamb's translation is faithful enough to give a good sense of the text, and the Greek is included for anyone who wants to get even closer to Plato's thinking. | | Plato: Cratylus. Parmenides. Greater Hippias. Lesser Hippias. (Loeb Classical Library No. 167) by Loeb Classical Library Product Description | Plato, 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 years old. Linguistic tests including those of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates' mind fused with Plato's thought. In Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city's thought, and his fate is impending. The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. Cratylus discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the Republic, concerns righteousness (and involves education, equality of the sexes, the structure of society, and abolition of slavery). Of the six so-called dialectical dialogues Euthydemus deals with philosophy; metaphysical Parmenides is about general concepts and absolute being; Theaetetus reasons about the theory of knowledge. Of its sequels, Sophist deals with not-being; Politicus with good and bad statesmanship and governments; Philebus with what is good. The Timaeus seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished Critias treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Plato's last work of the twelve books of Laws (Socrates is absent from it), a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Plato is in twelve volumes. |
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