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SUPERB: METACLASSIC: INDISPENSABLE: AS-NEW hardcover: First Edition (Orig. 1997) Sixth Printing (2007): AS-NEW mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp new edges & corners MARRED Only w slightest soiling, NEW burgundy-red library-durable linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles handsomely gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & crimson-gold-checked cloth banding at spine-caps, IMPECCABLE cream-white end-papers on heavy stock, Apart from a few first pp MARRED w/ traces of ERASURE of penciled notes & underling PRISTINE interior superbly printed in Palatino on excellent Bible-grade paper w/ section numbers & alphabetic keys handsomely presented in left & right margins throughout * 6.25" x 9.25" x 2.25", 1.52 kg, xxx+1808 (1838) pp. * CONTENTS: Introduction (vii), Editorial Notes (xxvii), Acknowledgments (xxix); Euthyphro, G.M.A. Grube (1); Apology, G.M.A. Grube (17); Crito, G.M.A. Grube (37); Phaedo, G.M.A. Grube (49); Cratylus, C.D.C. Reeve (101); Thaeatetus, M.J. Levett, rev. Myles Burnyeat (157); Sophist, Nicholas P. White (235); Statesman, C.J. Rowe (294); Parmenides, Mary Louise Gill & Paul Ryan (359); Philebus, Dorothea Frede (398); Symposium, Alexander Nehamas & Paul Woodruff (457); Phaedrus, Alexander Nehamas & Paul Woodruff (506); Alcibiades, D.S. Hutchinson (557); Second Alcibiades, Anthony Kenny (596); Hipparchus, Nicholas D. Smith (609); Rival Lovers, Jeffrey Mitscherling (618); Theages, Nicholas D. Smith (627); Charmides, Rosamond Kent Sprague (639); Laches, Rosamond Kent Sprague (664); Lysis, Stanley Lombardo (687); Euthydemus, Rosamond Kent Sprague (708); Protagoras, Stanley Lombardo & Karen Bell (746); Gorgias, Donald J. Zeyl (791); Meno, G.M.A. Grube (870); Greater Hippias, Paul Woodruff (898); Lesser Hippias, Nicholas D.Smith (922); Ion, Paul Woodruff (937); Menexenus, Paul Ryan (950); Clitophon, Francisco J. Gonzales (965); Republic, G.M.A. Grube, rev. C.D.C. Reeve (971); Timaeus, Donald J. Zeyl (1224); Critias, Diskin Clay (1307); Minos, Malcolm Schofield (1318); Laws, Trevor J. Saunders (1318); Epinomis, Richard D. McKirahan, Jr. (1617); Letters, Glenn R. Morrow (1634); Definitions, D.S. Hutchinson (1677); On Justice, Andrew S. Becker (1687); On Virtue, Mark Reuter (1694); Demodocus, Jonathan Barnes (1699); Sisyphus, David Gallop (1707); Halcyon, Brad Inwood (1714); Eryxias, Mark Joyal (1718); Axiochus, Jackson P. Hershbell (1734); & Epigrams, J.M. Edmonds, rev. John M. Cooper (1742); Index (1747) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars (many commissioned specially for this volume) are presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato in antiquity. In his introductory essay, John Cooper gives an account of his presentation of these works, discusses questions surrounding the chronology of their composition, comments on the dialogue form in which Plato wrote, & offers guidance on approaching the reading & study of Plato's works. Also included are concise introductions by Cooper & Hutchinson to each translation, meticulous annotation, & a comprehensive index. * ABOUT THE EDITORS: John M. Cooper is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. D.S. Hutchinson is Professor of Philosophy & Fellow of Trinity College at the University of Toronto. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "This splendid, handsomely produced edition will remain unchallenged for many years to come as indisputably the finest complete works of Plato available." -Alden Prynne, for Mnemosyne * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for our posted below-cost additional fee of $16.00 & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to all international destinations at our posted rates.
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