A Plato Reader: Eight Essential Dialogues (Hackett Classics)

A Plato Reader: Eight Essential Dialogues (Hackett Classics)

<p><i>A Plato Reader</i> offers eight of Plato's best-known works--<i>Euthyphro</i>, <i>Apology</i>, <i>Crito</i>, <i>Meno</i>, <i>Phaedo</i>, <i>Symposium</i>, <i>Phaedrus</i>, and <i>Republic</i>--unabridged, expertly introduced and annotated, and in widely admired translations by C. D. C. Reeve, G. M. A. Grube, Alexander Nehamas, and Paul Woodruff.</p><p>The collection features Socrates as its central character and a model of the examined life. Its range allows us to see him in action in very different settings and philosophical modes: from the elenctic Socrates of the Meno and the dialogues concerning his trial and death, to the erotic Socrates of the Symposium and Phaedrus, to the dialectician of the <i>Republic</i>.</p><p>Of Reeve's translation of this final masterpiece, Lloyd P. Gerson writes, "Taking full advantage of S. R. Slings' new Greek text of the <i>Republic</i>, Reeve has given us a translation both accurate and limpid. Loving attention to detail and deep familiarity with Plato's thought are evident on every page. Reeve€s brilliant decision to cast the dialogue into direct speech produces a compelling impression of immediacy unmatched by other English translations currently available."</p><p>