Plato (BCPaperbacks) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853996629 ISBN 13: 9781853996627

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press, 2004

Synopsis

This introduction to Plato's dialogues and his writing is ideal for those new to his work, giving historical context to his ideas. ‘Christopher Rowe’s Plato, ahead of its time when first published, is highly welcome in a new reprint. Rowe faces from the start the point that the reader of Plato’s dialogues is encountering a challenging form of philosophy, one which demands both intellectual rigour and personal response, one which challenges the reader both to systematize the ideas in different dialogues and to do justice to them in their distinct dramatic settings. It invites us to shared inquiry rather than deference to established positions, and this clear and subtle introduction will draw the beginner into fruitful engagement with Plato’s many ideas.’- Julia Annas, University of Arizona ‘... compels the reader to engage with the actual text and thus gain an appreciation of the Socratic method of shared enquiry.’ - Margaret Buckley, Classics Ireland

About this title

About the Author

Christopher Rowe is Professor of Greek at Durham University. He has written commentaries on Hesiod (1978) and on four dialogues of Plato: Phaedrus (1986), Phaedo (1993), Statesman (1995) and Symposium (1998). He is joint editor (with Julia Annas) of Approaches to Plato, Modern and Ancient (2002), and has completed a translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics to accompany a new commentary by Sarah Broadie (2002).

Edition details

• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853996629
• ISBN 13: 9781853996627
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Rowe C.J.