The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 1: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Gorgias, Menexenus

Frank M. Plato

Published by Yale University Press 2008

The Dialogues of Plato, Volume 1

Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Gorgias, Menexenus

Frank M. Plato
Edited by: Jerome J. Platt
Translated by: R. Allen

In the series The Dialogues of Plato

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300158816

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This initial volume in a series of new translations of Plato’s works includes a general introduction and interpretive comments for the dialogues translated: the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Gorgias, and Menexenus.
Allen’s work is very impressive. The translations are readable, lucid, and highly accurate. The general introduction is succinct and extremely clear. The discussion of the dating of the dialogues is enormously useful; there has previously been no brief account of these issues to which one could refer the student. Finally, the particular introductions are first rate: fine jobs of clear philosophical and historical explanationsuccinct and yet sophisticated, both close to the text and philosophically incisive.”Martha Nussbaum, Brown University
This is an important work that deserves our respect and attention.”Ethics
This and the promised succeeding volumes will probably become the standard English version of the complete dialogues. The commentaries take advantage of the best scholarship, judge judiciously between divergent views, and often introduce new and brilliant interpretations. This is true both in the area of philosophy and in that of literary criticism.”Anthony C. Daly, S.J., Modern Schoolman
Allen is a superb translator, whose elegantly simple yet precise language gives access to Plato both as a philosopher and as a literary artist.”Library Journal
An important event in the world of scholarship.”London Review of Books
R.E. Allen is professor of classics and philosophy at Northwestern University.

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PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION
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I: THE EUTHYPHRO
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II: THE APOLOGY
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III: THE CRITO
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IV: THE MENO
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V: THE GORGIAS
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VI: MENEXENUS
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Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Published: September 25, 2006
ISBN: 9780300158816