Rouse J C G (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust-jacket is a little darkened. Cream faux-leather covers with black lettering on the spine, sound binding, clean pages and plates, light foxing to end-papers. Lightly rubbed and bumped cover corners. Contains colour plates (full page illustrations) and black and white illustrations. Light shelf-wear on upper edge of dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 78124121030. All our books are sent by tracked mail.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Revised Edition. First printing of 1961 revised edition. Jacket spine and edges faded, 1/2 inch closed tear to front jacket corner. x, [2], 13-607, [1] pp. An updated version of the translation first released in 1956, incorporating newly added diagrams of the Divided Line, the Banque, and the Cave, a summary of The Republic by J.C.G. Rouse, and some new footnotes and edits for clarity. Includes: Ion; Meno (Menon); Euthydemus; Symposium (The Banquet); The Republic (Summary and Books I-X); The Apology (The Defence of Socrates); Crito (Criton); Phaedo (Phaidon); The Greek Alphabet; Pronouncing Index. "Plato (428/427 BC - 348/347 BC) was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of natural philosophy, science, and Western philosophy. Plato was originally a student of Socrates, and was as much influenced by his thinking as by what he saw as his teacher's unjust death. Plato's sophistication as a writer is evident in his Socratic dialogues; thirty-five dialogues and thirteen letters have traditionally been ascribed to him, although modern scholarship doubts the authenticity of at least some of these. Plato's writings have been published in several fashions; this has led to several conventions regarding the naming and referencing of Plato's texts. Although there is little question that Plato lectured at the Academy that he founded, the pedagogical function of his dialogues, if any, is not known with certainty. The dialogues since Plato's time have been used to teach a range of subjects, including philosophy, logic, rhetoric, mathematics, and other subjects about which he wrote.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL 1977 PUBLICATION; owner's blind stamps; several small spots on covers, o/w in very good condition. Journal.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Unclipped dust-jacket. Clean blue covers with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean pages, plates and end-papers. Contains colour plates (full page illustrations) and black and white illustrations. Light shelf-wear on upper and lower edges of dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 78124121031. All our books are sent by tracked mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Previous owner's name and stamp on fep. No further imperfections found. No notations, highlighting or underlining. -- Each book checked by hand at time of listing, and guaranteed to be as described. Please inquire for more details. Prompt shipping. Includes tracking.