Plato: Gorgias - Softcover

Plato

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0023529504 ISBN 13: 9780023529504

Publisher: Pearson, 1952

Synopsis

Plato's Phaedo is deservedly one of the best known works of Greek literature, but also one of the most complex. Set in the prison where Socrates is awaiting execution, it portrays Plato's model philosopher in action, spending his last hours in conversation with two other seasoned members of his circle about the fate of the human soul after death. Professor Rowe attempts to help the reader find a way through the intricate structure both of individual passages and arguments and of the dialogue as a whole, stressing its intelligibility as a unified work of art and giving equal attention to its literary and philosophical aspects. The notes also aim to provide the kind of help with Plato's Greek which is needed by comparative beginners in the language, but the commentary is intended for any student, classical scholar, or philosopher with an interest in the close reading of Plato.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Library of Liberal Arts title.

About the Author:

Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.) founded the Academy in Athens, the prototype of all Western universities, and wrote more than twenty philosophical dialogues.  

Walter Hamilton taught at Cambridge, Eton and Rugby and translated several Platonic texts for Penguin Classics.

Chris Emlyn-Jones teaches in the department of Classical Studies at the Open University and has published on Homer and Plato.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1952
• ISBN 10: 0023529504
• ISBN 13: 9780023529504
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128