Collected dialogues of platon inclu - ding the letters

Zusatztext "This elegant edition contains many of the best and most readable English translations of the Dialogues and Letters. . . . Judiciously edited! beautifully printed." Informationen zum Autor Edith Hamilton (1867–1963) was perhaps the most famous and influential classicist of the twentieth century. Her bestselling Mythology remains a standard version of the stories of the ancient world. Huntington Cairns (1904–1985) was a writer and lawyer who worked at different times for the U.S. Treasury, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and Johns Hopkins University. Klappentext All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in a single volume--the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. A comprehensive index is included. Zusammenfassung Presents the writings of Plato that are generally considered to be authentic. This title collects the contents from the work of the best British and American translators of the last 100 years, ranging from Jowett (1871) to scholars of the present day.

Product details

• Authors: e cairns Hamilton, e cairns Hamilton, Plato
• Assisted by: Huntington Cairns (Editor), Cairns Huntington (Editor), Edith Hamilton (Editor), Hamilton Edith (Editor), Lane Cooper (Translation)
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.08.2002
• EAN: 9780691097183
• ISBN: 978-0-691-09718-3
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 230 mm x 55 mm
• Series: Princeton University Press; Bollingen Series (General); Bollingen Series (General); Bollingen Series
• 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