Theaetetus, the Sophist, and the Statesman are a trilogy of Platonic dialogues that show Socrates formulating his conception of philosophy as he prepares the defense for his trial. Originally published together as The Being of the Beautiful, these translations can be read separately or as a trilogy. Each includes an introduction, extensive notes, and comprehensive commentary that examines the trilogy's motifs and relationships. Seth Benardete is one of the very few contemporary classicists who combine the highest philological competence with a subtlety and taste that approximate that of the ancients. At the same time, he as set himself the entirely modern hermeneutical task of uncovering what the ancients preferred to keep veiled, of making explicit what they indicated, and hence...of showing the naked ugliness of artificial beauty. ?Stanley Rose, Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal Seth Benardete (1930-2001) was professor of classics at New York University. He was the author or translator of many books, most recently The Argument of the Action, Plato's Laws, and Plato's Symposium, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN-13
9780226670317
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96747065
Product Key Features
Book Title
Plato's Theaetetus: Part I of the Being of the Beautiful
Author
Plato
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
1986
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
228mm
Item Width
163mm
Item Weight
336g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Plato
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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