Bibliograph

Selected dialogues of Plato, the Benjamin Jowett translation, revised, and with an introduction, by Hayden Pelliccia

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Selected dialogues of Plato, the Benjamin Jowett translation, revised, and with an introduction, by Hayden Pelliccia

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Selected dialogues of Plato

Nature of contents

bibliography

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48542179

Responsibility statement

revised, and with an introduction, by Hayden Pelliccia

Series statement

Modern Library classics

Sub title

the Benjamin Jowett translation

Summary

"Benjamin Jowett's translations of Plato have long been classics in their own right. In this volume, Professor Hayden Pelliccia has substantially revised Jowett's renderings of five of Plato's key dialogues, giving us a fresh, modern Plato faithful to both Jowett's best elements and the inimitable original. Ion takes up the question of poetry and introduces the Socratic method. Protagoras discusses poetic interpretation and shows why cross-examination is the best way to get at the truth. Phaedrus takes on the nature of rhetoric, psychology, and love, as does the famous Symposium. Finally, Apology gives us Socrates' art of persuasion put to the ultimate test--defending his own life"--Cover page 4

Table Of Contents

Ion -- Protagoras -- Phaedrus -- Symposium -- Apology

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