The power of Plato / introduced, edited & translated by Stephen Hill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hill, Stephen R.

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Plato.

Plato--Translations into English.

Platonists.

Physical Description:

126 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Duckworth, 2002.

Language Note:

Translated from the Ancient Greek.

Summary:

Plato is without doubt one of the most important thinkers who has ever lived, and his voice still resonates through all the disciplines of our time - politics, justice, law, ethics, beauty, art, education, mathematics, religion, cosmology, language and the afterlife are all embraced in his works. The new translations in this collection seek to reveal the unsurpassed power of his writing, which ultimately lies in the fact that he was as much a literary as a philosophic genius. An introduction on the life, works, influences and philosophy of Plato sets the scene for the anthology of translations that follow, which pay special attention to the meanings of key words and phrases and in several cases seek to replicate the structure and feel of the original Greek. The book concludes with a short essay on the philosophical dispute with Plato's most famous pupil, Aristotle. The Power of Plato is for all those searching for a first insight into the genius of Plato, for students wishing to translate and understand his works, and for those already familiar with his writings who welcome a fresh approach to the teachings of the greatest European philosopher.

Contents:

1. Portraits of Socrates 31

2. The Death of Socrates 39

3. Creation and the Ages 44

4. The Use and Misuse of Language and Number 49

5. The Sophists and Education 58

6. Politics and Society 67

7. Life and Living 74

8. Law and Justice 80

9. Measure and Proportion 87

10. Knowledge and the Forms 92

11. Love, Beauty and the Good 101

12. The Soul and Immortality 107

Appendix Plato's Divided Line 118

Afterword: The Platonic-Aristotelian Controversy 120.

ISBN:

0715631608

OCLC:

59450426