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Selected Dialogues of Plato: The Benjamin Jowett Translation
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Selected Dialogues of Plato: The Benjamin Jowett Translation
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Plato
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Introduction by Hayden Pelliccia
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Translated by Benjamin Jowett
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| Series | Modern Library Classics |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:352 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 131 |
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| Category/Genre | Western philosophy - Ancient to c 500 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780375758409
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| Classifications | Dewey:184 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Random House USA Inc
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| Imprint |
Modern Library Inc
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| Publication Date |
11 September 2001 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Hayden Pellicia has substantially revised Benjamin Jowet's classic Victorian era translations of five of Plato's richest and most entertaining dialogues - Ion, Protagorus, Phaedrus, Symposium and Apology.
Author Biography
Dr. Hayden Pelliccia is associate professor and chair of classics at Cornell University. Plato (c. 428 B.C. -- 347 B.C.) was a student of Socrates. He founded the Academy in Athens, the prototype of the modern university, whose most famous member was Aristotle.
Reviews"Plato is philosophy, and philosophy, Plato." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
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