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The Continuum companion to Plato / edited by Gerald A. Press.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Continuum companions to philosophy.
- Continuum companions to philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plato.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 356 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Companion to Plato
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Continuum, [2012]
- Summary:
- This companion to Plato boasts a wide range of topics and orientations on the life, work and influence of Plato. There are over 140 entries, a preponderance of which are represented in the section on topics and themes treated in the dialogues. Some of those include: appearance and reality, the allegory of the cave, dialectic, Eros, law, incontinence, madness and possession, weakness of will, pleasure, and nomos. The other sections include entries about Plato's life and intellectual context; each of the dialogues; important features of the dialogues; and the reception, interpretation and influence of Plato and the dialogues. The contributors are professors of philosophy, classics, political science and history from around the world. Translations for all the entries, unless otherwise indicated, are from J.M. Cooper's Plato: Complete Works. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0826435351
- 9780826435354
- 9781441161413
- 1441161414
- OCLC:
- 606768123
- Publisher Number:
- 99951803779
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