Plato: The Collected Dialogues, Including the Letters

Plato; Edited by Edith Hamilton & Huntington Cairns

ISBN 10: 0691097186 / ISBN 13: 9780691097183

Published by Bollingen Foundation: Princeton University Press, Princeton (NJ) & London (UK), 1961

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SUPERB: INDISPENSABLE: META-CLASSIC: FINE virtually AS-NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1961) Twelfth Printing (July 1985), FINE virtually AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners BUT showing slightest wear at outside flap seams, IMMACULATE unmarked smooth-cut text-block exterior, AS-NEW library-durable slate-green linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners & titles gilt-stamped on spine, AS-NEW perfect binding w/ tight signatures, IMPECCABLE laid-paper card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed w/ elegance & clarity on SUPERB unblemished "Bible" paper * 6.36" x 9.0" x 1.96", 1.30 kg, xxv+1743 (1768) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in this handsomely produced volume together w/ a comprehensive index. The editors set out to chose this collected edition from the work of all the best British and American translators of the last century, ranging from Jowett, the first edition of whose complete 'Plato' appeared in 1871, to scholars of the present day. The volume also contains editorial notes prefacing each dialogue by Edith Hamilton & an introductory essay on Plato's philosophy & writings by Huntington Cairns. In the index, ample cross references are provided in order to assist the reader with the philosophical vocabulary of the different translators.* CONTENTS: Editorial Note (xi); Introduction by Huntington Cairns (xiii); Socrates' Defense (Apology), Translated by Hugh Tredennick (3); Crito, Translated by Hugh Tredennick (27); Phaedo, Translated by Hugh Tredennick (40); Charmides, Translated by Benjamin Jowett (99); Laches, Translated by Benjamin Jowett (123); Lysis, Translated by J. Wright (145); Euthyphro, Translated by Lane Cooper (169); Menexenus, Translated by Benjamin Jowett (186); Lesser Hippias, Translated by Benjamin Jowett (200); Ion, Translated by Lane Cooper (215); Gorgios, Translated by W.D. Woodhead (229); Protagoras, Translated by W.K.C. Guthrie (308); Meno, Translated by W.K.C. Guthrie (353); Euthydemos, Translated by W.H.D. Rouse (385); Cratylus, Translated by Benjamin Jowett (421); Phaedrus, Translated by R. Hackforth (475); Symposium, Translated by Michael Joyce (526); Republic, Translated by Paul Shorey (575); Theaetetus, Translated by F.M. Cornford (845); Parmenides, Translated by F.M. Cornford (920); Sophist, Translated by F.M. Cornford (957); Statesman, Translated by J.B. Skemp (1018); Philebus, Translated by R. Hackforth (1086); Timaeus, Translated by Benjamin Jowett (1151); Critias, Translated by A.E. Taylor (1212); Laws, Translated by A.E. Taylor (1225); Appendix: Epinomis, Translated by A.E. Taylor (1517); Greater Hippias, Translated by Benjamin Jowett (1534); Letters, Translated by L.A. Post (1560); Index (1607). * SHIPPING: We custom wrap & custom package this fine book for FREE shipment via USPS Media Mail (or via USPS Priority Mail for a below-cost $16.00 charge) within the United States, or for prompt delivery to international destinations via USPS First Class International Airmail at below-cost rates quoted on request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Plato: The Collected Dialogues, Including the Letters
• Publisher: Bollingen Foundation: Princeton University Press, Princeton (NJ) & London (UK)
• Publication Date: 1961
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691097186
• ISBN 13: 9780691097183
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 12th Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Weight: 1.3 kilograms

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Synopsis

"The Platonic Forms of the Platonic dialogues."—Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex

A landmark one-volume edition of the complete Plato in classic translations

This is a classic one-volume edition of all the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic. The editors, Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns, chose the contents from the work of the best modern British and American translators. The volume contains prefatory notes to each dialogue, by Hamilton; an introductory essay on Plato’s philosophy and writings, by Cairns; and a comprehensive index with cross references to assist the reader with the philosophical vocabulary of the different translators.

About the Author

Edith Hamilton (1867–1963) was perhaps the most famous and influential classicist of the twentieth century. Her bestselling Mythology remains a standard version of the stories of the ancient world. Huntington Cairns (1904–1985) was a writer and lawyer who worked at different times for the U.S. Treasury, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and Johns Hopkins University.