Plato: Symposium (Library of Liberal Arts) - Softcover

Jowett, Benjamin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0023607602 ISBN 13: 9780023607608

Publisher: Pearson, 1956

Synopsis

[ Plato: Symposium By ( Author ) Jan-1956 Paperback

About this title

Review:

'This commentary ... does three things superbly. It explains Plato's Greek punctiliously, especially the less familiar constructions, particles, and words that are often loosely or wrongly translated. With a razor's sharpness it cuts through sloppy or faulty logic in Plato's Greek. And it provides the necessary background material, whether historical, literary, sexual, or social.' Greece & Rome

' ... few books can have given in three pages so informative and at the same time so provocative an account of Plato's philosophy.' The Times Educational Supplement

'This is a tight-packed, authoritative, but readable edition.' J.A.C.T. Bulletin

Book Description:

Plato's Symposium is the most literary of all his works and one which all students of classics are likely to want to read. Sir Kenneth Dover provides here a sympathetic and modern edition of the kind that is long overdue.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1956
• ISBN 10: 0023607602
• ISBN 13: 9780023607608
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64