Plato: Protagoras

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Plato: Protagoras
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Plato
Edited by Nicholas Denyer
SeriesCambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:222
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreLiterary studies - classical, early and medieval
Western philosophy - Ancient to c 500
ISBN/Barcode 9780521549691
ClassificationsDewey:184
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 4 September 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The Protagoras is one of Plato's most entertaining dialogues. It represents Socrates at a gathering of the most celebrated and highest-earning intellectuals of the day, among them the sophist Protagoras. In flamboyant displays of both rhetoric and dialectic, Socrates and Protagoras try to out-argue one another. Their arguments range widely, from political theory to literary criticism, from education to the nature of cowardice; but in view throughout this literary and philosophical masterpiece are the questions of what part knowledge plays in a successful life, and how we may acquire the knowledge that makes for success. This edition contains the first commentary in English on the Greek text for almost a hundred years. The commentary provides the assistance with linguistic, literary and philosophical detail that will enable students and scholars to savour to the full the pleasures of the Protagoras.

Author Biography

Nicholas Denyer is University Senior Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy at the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University, and College Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge. He has already edited a book in this series, Plato's Alcibiades (2001).