Plato: Alcibiades (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) - Softcover

Plato, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521634148 ISBN 13: 9780521634144

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

The Alcibiades was widely read in antiquity as the very best introduction to Plato. In spite of its ancient reputation, many modern scholars have thought that the Alcibiades is not by Plato and it has therefore lacked a decent commentary. This edition remedies that situation. The notes explain difficulties of linguistic, literary and philosophical detail. The introduction includes a discussion of the dialogue's authenticity, and of the consequences that acknowledging its authenticity has for our conception of Plato's intellectual development.

About this title

Book Description:

Plato's Alcibiades presented for students and scholars of Greek. Contains:(i) The Greek text of Plato's dialogue Alcibiades. [Only Greek text on sale in a volume by itself; incorporates the most up-to-date results of textual criticism.](ii) An English commentary, explaining details of literary, linguistic and philosophical interest. [Only commentary in any modern language.](iii) An English introduction, describing the dialogue generally and its place in Plato's work. [Other introductions are in French and Italian.]

About the Author:

Nicholas Denyer is University Lecturer in Classics and Fellow and College Lecturer in Philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge. He has taught in the Philosophy Departments of Stanford University, the University of Auckland and the University of Western Australia and has given occasional lectures in France, the Republic of Ireland, Iceland and Italy. He has published two books - Time, Action and Necessity: A Proof of Free Will (1981) (0715615300) and Language, Thought and Falsehood in Ancient Greek Philosophy (1991) (0415022193/0415091845) - and has contributed articles to numerous scholarly journals in classics, philosophy and theology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521634148
• ISBN 13: 9780521634144
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268