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Focus Philosophical Library: Sophist : The Professor of Wisdom by Plató (1996, Perfect)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHackett Publishing Company, Incorporated

ISBN-10094105151X

ISBN-139780941051514

eBay Product ID (ePID)9038629872

Product Key Features

Number of Pages104 Pages

Publication NameSophist : the Professor of Wisdom

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical

Publication Year1996

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPhilosophy

AuthorPlató

SeriesFocus Philosophical Library

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height5.5 in

Item Weight4.7 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width0.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2013-454088

ReviewsThis is one of the best translations of a Platonic dialogue I have seen in any language. -- Stanley Rosen, Boston University

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal888.4

Original LanguageGreek, Classical

SynopsisThis is an English translation of Plato presenting a new conception of the Theory of Forms. Socrates and others discuss the epistemological and metaphysical puzzles of the Parmenides, with aims to define the meaning of the Sophist. The glossary of key terms is a unique addition to Platonic literature by which concepts central to each dialogue are discussed and cross-referenced as to their occurrences throughout the work. In such a way students are encouraged to see beyond the words into concepts. Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Plato's immediate audience., English translation. Introduction and glossary. The glossary of key terms is a unique addition to Platonic literature by which concepts central to each dialogue are discussed and cross-referenced as to their occurrences throughout the work. In such a way students are encouraged to see beyond the words into concepts., Socrates and others discuss the epistemological and metaphysical puzzles of Parmenides, presenting a new conception of the Theory of Forms, with aims to define the meaning of the Sophist. English translation with notes and introductory essay.

LC Classification NumberB384.A5B72 1996