Phaedrus

Name: Phaedrus
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ISBN: 9780872202207

ISBN-10: 0872202208

ISBN-13: 9780872202207

Edition: 1995

Authors: Plato, Steven Scully, Paul Woodruff, Steven Scully

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"A superb translation that captures the rhetorical brilliance of the Greek. . . . The translation is faithful in the very best sense: it reflects both the meaning and the beauty of the Greek text. . . . The footnotes are always helpful, never obtrusive. A one-page outline is useful since there are no editorial additions to mark major divisions in the dialogue. An appendix containing fragments of early Greek love poetry helps the reader appreciate the rich, and perhaps elusive, meaning of eros. . . . The entire Introduction is crisply written, and the authors' erudition shines throughout, without a trace of pedantry. . . . this is an excellent book that deservedly should find wide…

Book details

List price: $11.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/15/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.330

Plato was an ancient philosopher and the founder of the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

Paul Woodruff is former dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies and currently Darrell K. Royal Professor in Ethics and American Society at the University of Texas at Austin. His latest book is The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness and Rewards .