The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 2: the Symposium - Plato - Books - Yale University Press - 9780300056990 - August 25, 1993
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"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates's ancient words are still true, and the ideas sounded in Plato's "Dialogues" still form the foundation of a thinking person's education. This superb collection contains excellent contemporary translations selected for their clarity and accessibility to today's reader, as well as an incisive introduction by Erich Segal, which reveals Plato's life and clarifies the philosophical issues examined in each dialogue. The first four dialogues recount the trial execution of Socrates--the extraordinary tragedy that changed Plato's life and so altered the course of Western though. Other dialogues create a rich tableau of intellectual life in Athens in the fourth century B. C., and examine the nature of virtue and love, knowledge and truth, society and the individual. Resounding with the humor and astounding brilliance of Socrates, the immortal iconoclast, these great works remain powerful, probing, and essential.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 25, 1993
ISBN13 9780300056990
Publishers Yale University Press
Pages 192
Dimensions 154 × 15 × 230 mm   ·   303 g
Language English  
Contributor R. E. Allen

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