Protagoras

Plato author Michael Frede author Karen Bell translator Stanley Lombardo translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

Published:15th Mar '92

Should be back in stock very soon

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Lombardo and Bell have translated this important early dialogue on virtue, wisdom, and the nature of Sophistic teaching into an idiom remarkable for its liveliness and subtlety. Michael Frede has provided a substantial introduction that illuminates the dialogue's perennial interest, its Athenian political background, and the particular difficulties and ironic nuances of its argument.

A very readable translation that conveys both the philosophical and the dramatic context better than any existing translation. It is extremely accurate in conveying the movement of the argument and in noting significant points of philosophical usage. . . . I am very impressed with the vividness and the easy flow of the prose. --John Cooper, Princeton University

ISBN: 9780872200944

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 86g

112 pages