Plato: Phaedrus

Plato; Hackforth, R. [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0521097037 / ISBN 13: 9780521097031

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1997

About this Item

[From the library of noted scholar William E. Connolly.] Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Edges creased. Clean, unmarked pages. "William E. Connolly is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor in the political science department at Hopkins where he teaches political theory. His early book, The Terms of Political Discourse, was awarded the Benjamin Lippincott Award in 1999 as 'a work of exceptional quality that is still considered significant at least 15 years after publication.' In a poll of American political theorists published in PS in 2010, he was ranked the fourth most influential political theorist in America over the last twenty years, after Rawls, Habermas, and Foucault. His work focuses on the issues of democratic pluralism, capitalism, inequality, fascism, and bumpy intersections between capitalism and planetary amplifiers in climate change." - Johns Hopkins University.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Plato: Phaedrus
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521097037
• ISBN 13: 9780521097031
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 8 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ancient History/Classical Studies

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Synopsis

The dialogue begins with a playful discussion of erotic passion, then extends the theme to consider the nature of inspiration, love and knowledge. The centerpiece is the myth of the charioteer - the famous and moving account of the vision, fall and incarnation of the soul. Professor Hackforth here translates the dialogue for the student and general reader. There is a running commentary on the course of the argument and the meaning of the key Greek terms, and a full intoduction to explain the philosophical background and the place of this work among Plato's writings.

Review

This is a fine translation, both fluent and accurate. It captures the range of tonalities of the original in elegant English that is neither stiffly formal nor cheaply colloquial....The supplementary matter is appropriate and useful. The introduction is crisp and clear, the interpretive essay illuminating...Scully has done a sound and serious job of translating and annotating for the general reader. Above all, his translation is excellent in respect to style and clarity: really a pleasure to read.

-- David Konstan, Brown University