Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, Hippias Maior, Hippias Minor, Io, Menexenus

Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, Hippias Maior, Hippias Minor, Io, Menexenus

ISBN: 019814542X

ISBN 13: 9780198145424

Format: Hardcover

Authors: Plato, Ioannes Burnet

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Plato is an ancient author studied by both classicists & philosophers. This volume contains the 1st eight of his works in the order appearing in most mss. The 1st four, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito & Phaedo are grouped by their dramatic settings concerned with Socrates' death. The Apology & Crito display Socrates' philosophical mission. Euthyphro discusses piety. Phaedo proves the soul's immortality by appeal to Form Theory. The 2nd group represent Plato's late work & are grouped according to his own indications. Cratylus discusses language, Thaetetus knowledge, Sophist being/negation & Politicus statesmanship. This new edition offers additional information on the preservation of Plato's text. Primary mss have been checked & freshly collated. Papyrus fragments recently discovered & unknown to previous editors have been reexamined, their evidence reported, whilst no less important has been the search for previously unreported Plato quotations in later Greek writers, facilitated by new editions of Neoplatonists. Textual problems have been thought thru afresh.