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Great Dialogues of Plato
Great Dialogues of Plato
Author: Plato, W. H. D.Rouse
This paperbound volume, containing more dialogues than any other edition, was translated by W.H.D.Rouse, one of the world's most outstanding classical scholars and the translator of Homer's Odyssey and The Iliad.
ISBN: 103536
Publication Date: 1956
Pages: 525
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Publisher: The New American Library
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Excellent insight into the culture and minds of the founding geniuses of the age of Rationalism.
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"For those who do not know, Plato was Socrates' preeminent student. The dialogues are treatises on various interesting questions, such as what is love, virtue, etc.... The style of the texts are based on the Socratic method of asking questions and use of analogy to test an hypothesis. This gives the texts the style of mysteries as you follow the twists and turns of the arguments to get to the conclusion. Socrates is often the protagonist guiding the reader so it also gives the texts a sense of biography.

This collection contains probably the best works, and Rouse's translation is clear and easy to read. Enjoyable, entertaining, mind-opening."


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