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Description for Plato Opera
Hardcover. This edition contains seven of the dialogues of Plato and is the first in a five-volume complete edition of Plato's works in the "Oxford Classical Texts" series. It represents the latest in textual scholarship. All primary manuscripts have been checked and in most cases, freshly collated. Editor(s): Duke, E. A.; Hicken, W. F.; Nicoll, W. S. M.; Robinson, D. B.; Strachan, J. C. G. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 604 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 134 x 39. Weight in Grams: 658.
Plato is one of the key ancient authors studied by both classicists and philosophers. This volume contains the first eight of Plato's works in the traditional order which appears in most of the manuscripts. The first four, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, ahd Phaedo are grouped by their dramatic settings concerned with the death of Socrates. The Apology and Crito display Socrates' philosophical mission. The Euthyphro discusses piety; the Phaedo proves the immortality of the soul by appeal to Plato's Theory of Forms. The second group of dialogues represent Plato's later work and are grouped according to his own indications; The Cratylus ... Read more
Plato is one of the key ancient authors studied by both classicists and philosophers. This volume contains the first eight of Plato's works in the traditional order which appears in most of the manuscripts. The first four, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, ahd Phaedo are grouped by their dramatic settings concerned with the death of Socrates. The Apology and Crito display Socrates' philosophical mission. The Euthyphro discusses piety; the Phaedo proves the immortality of the soul by appeal to Plato's Theory of Forms. The second group of dialogues represent Plato's later work and are grouped according to his own indications; The Cratylus ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Language
Greek, modern (1453-)
Number of pages
604
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Classical Texts
Number of Pages
604
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198145691
SKU
V9780198145691
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Reviews for Plato Opera
A unified project, and executed with notable editorial consistency ... unless there are major new papyrus finds, or the study of ancient Greek revives, it is unlikely that the world will ever have a better text of Plato than this.
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
The first volume of the new Platonis Opera has been long desired ... A ... Read more
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
The first volume of the new Platonis Opera has been long desired ... A ... Read more