The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 3 - Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, Protagoras

R. E. Allen's superb new translations of four Socratic dialogues -- Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, and Protagoras -- bring these classic texts to life for modern readers. Allen introduces and comments on the dialogues in an accessible way, inviting the reader to reexamine the issues Plato continually raises in his works: Is virtue an art? Are wisdom and courage logically equivalent? Is virtue knowledge? Is to know the good to do it?"Allen's work will replace existing alternatives. His accurate translation and fresh approach will challenge the winds of doctrine that have dominated Platonic scholarship and interpretation for decades". -- John P. Anton, University of South Florida"An important event of the world of scholarship". -- London Review of Books"This volume contains an elegant translation and a useful essay". -- Classical World

Summary

This translation of four of Plato's dialogues brings these classic texts alive for modern readers. Allen introduces and comments on the dialogues in an accessible way, inviting the reader to re-examine the issues Plato continually raises in his works.

Product details

• Authors: R. E. Allen, Reginald E. Allen, Plato, Plato Plato
• Assisted by: R Allen (Translation), R. Allen (Translation), Allen R. (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.05.1998
• EAN: 9780300074383
• ISBN: 978-0-300-07438-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Weight: 372 g
• Series: Dialogues of Plato; The Dialogues of Plato
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500