Statesman (Focus Philosophical Library) - Softcover

Plato,

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585102903 ISBN 13: 9781585102907

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2012

Synopsis

This is the second of a projected trilogy of dialogues, in which an unnamed stranger sets out to satisfy Socrates' desire for an account of sophist, statesman, and philosopher. (The third was never written.) Focus Philosohpical Library's Statesman includes a faithful, clear, and consistent translation to English, with notes. It also includes an exploratory essay, glossary of crucial Greek terms, supplemental diagrams illustrating diairesis ("The Divisions of the Statesman"), and an appendix on the paradigm of weaving.

About this title

Review:

"This will be the preferred edition of Plato's Statesman for teachers and students who are serious not only about reading the text in good translation, but also about working through its arguments." -- Dustin Gish, College of the Holy Cross "Review"

This will be the preferred edition of" Plato's Statesman" for teachers and students who are serious not only about reading the text in good translation, but also about working through its arguments.
-- Dustin Gish, College of the Holy Cross

"Having taught Plato's dialogues in my classes over the past forty-three years to upper level undergraduates, I can especially appreciate the value of this new edition of Plato's Statesman. The three translators have paid very close attention to the amazing fecund versatility of the Greek text, producing a translation that is as accurate and lively as possible and the best currently available for classroom use. The interpretative essay is unique in its highlighting of all of the issues that a thoughtful reader should be led to consider concerning this work. As has been the case with other works by these translators, the glossary leads any Greek-less reader as close as possible to the interconnections of the major words that sustain the flow and eddies of this perennially fascinating work."
--Donald Lindenmuth, The Pennsylvania State University

"All serious students of Plato will want to obtain this book. Brann, Kalkavage, and Salem have provided all the tools one needs--short of a knowledge of ancient Greek--to undertake in-depth study of this enormously important, complex, and fascinating dialogue."
--Jacob Howland, University of Tulsa

This will be the preferred edition of" Plato s Statesman" for teachers and students who are serious not only about reading the text in good translation, but also about working through its arguments.
Dustin Gish, College of the Holy Cross"

Having taught Plato's dialogues in my classes over the past forty-three years to upper level undergraduates, I can especially appreciate the value of this new edition of Plato's Statesman. The three translators have paid very close attention to the amazing fecund versatility of the Greek text, producing a translation that is as accurate and lively as possible and the best currently available for classroom use. The interpretative essay is unique in its highlighting of all of the issues that a thoughtful reader should be led to consider concerning this work. As has been the case with other works by these translators, the glossary leads any Greek-less reader as close as possible to the interconnections of the major words that sustain the flow and eddies of this perennially fascinating work.
Donald Lindenmuth, The Pennsylvania State University"

All serious students of Plato will want to obtain this book. Brann, Kalkavage, and Salem have provided all the tools one needs--short of a knowledge of ancient Greek--to undertake in-depth study of this enormously important, complex, and fascinating dialogue.
Jacob Howland, University of Tulsa"

This will be the preferred edition of Plato's Statesman for teachers and students who are serious not only about reading the text in good translation, but also about working through its arguments.
-- Dustin Gish, College of the Holy Cross

"Having taught Plato's dialogues in my classes over the past forty-three years to upper level undergraduates, I can especially appreciate the value of this new edition of Plato's Statesman. The three translators have paid very close attention to the amazing fecund versatility of the Greek text, producing a translation that is as accurate and lively as possible and the best currently available for classroom use. The interpretative essay is unique in its highlighting of all of the issues that a thoughtful reader should be led to consider concerning this work. As has been the case with other works by these translators, the glossary leads any Greek-less reader as close as possible to the interconnections of the major words that sustain the flow and eddies of this perennially fascinating work."

--Donald Lindenmuth, The Pennsylvania State University

"All serious students of Plato will want to obtain this book. Brann, Kalkavage, and Salem have provided all the tools one needs--short of a knowledge of ancient Greek--to undertake in-depth study of this enormously important, complex, and fascinating dialogue."

--Jacob Howland, University of Tulsa

From the Back Cover:

The Focus Philosophical Library is committed to providing modern students with faithful, clear, and consistent presentations of texts and the rich world part and parcel of those texts.

Plato's Statesman is the second of a projected trilogy of dialogues, in which an unnamed stranger sets out to satisfy Socrates' desire for an account of sophist, statesman, and philosopher. (The third was never written.)

"All serious students of Plato will want to obtain this book. Brann, Kalkavage, and Salem have provided all the tools one needs--short of a knowledge of ancient Greek--to undertake in-depth study of this enormously important, complex, and fascinating dialogue."
Jacob Howland
University of Tulsa

"Having taught Plato's dialogues in my classes over the past forty-three years to upper level undergraduates, I can especially appreciate the value of this new edition of Plato's Statesman. The three translators have paid very close attention to the amazing fecund versatility of the Greek text, producing a translation that is as accurate and lively as possible and the best currently available for classroom use."
Donald Lindenmuth
The Pennsylvania State University

"This will be the preferred edition of Plato's Statesman for teachers and students who are serious not only about reading the text in a good translation, but also about working through its arguments."
Dustin Gish
College of the Holy Cross

Eva Brann, Peter Kalkavage, and Eric Salem are Tutors at St. John's College in Annapolis, MD. They have translated Plato's Sophist and Phaedo for Focus Publishing. Peter Kalkavage has also translated Plato's Timaeus for Focus Publ

About this edition

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1585102903
• ISBN 13: 9781585102907
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176