Plato Complete Works

by Plato; Cooper, John M.; Hutchinson, D. S.

• ISBN13: 9780872203495
• ISBN10: 0872203492
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc

Summary

Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars -- many commissioned especially 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 explains the presentation of these works, discusses questions concerning the chronology of their composition, comments on the dialogue form in which Plato wrote, and offers guidance on approaching the reading and study of Plato's works. Also included are concise introductions to each translation, meticulous annotation designed to serve both scholar and general reader, and a comprehensive index. This handsome volume offers fine paper and a high-quality Smyth-sewn cloth binding in a sturdy elegant edition.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii	(20)
Editorial Notes	xxvii	(2)
Acknowledgments	xxix
Euthyphro	1	(16)
G.M.A. Grube
Apology	17	(20)
G.M.A. Grube
Crito	37	(12)
G.M.A. Grube
Phaedo	49	(52)
G.M.A. Grube
Cratylus	101	(56)
C.D.C. Reeve
Theaetetus	157	(78)
M. J. Levett
rev. Myles F. Burnyeat
Sophist	235	(59)
Nicholas P. White
Statesman	294	(65)
C. J. Rowe
Parmenides	359	(39)
Mary Louise Gill
Paul Rayan
Philebus	398	(59)
Dorothea Frede
Symposium	457	(49)
Alexander Nehamas
Paul Woodruff
Phaedrus	506	(51)
Alexander Nehamas
Paul Woodruff
Alcibiades+	557	(39)
D. S. Hutchinson
Second Alcibiades*	596	(13)
Anthony Kenny
Hipparchus*	609	(9)
Nicholas D. Smith
Rival Lovers*	618	(9)
Jeffrey Mitscherling
Theages*	627	(12)
Nicholas D. Smith
Charmides	639	(25)
Rosamond Kent Sprague
Laches	664	(23)
Rosamond Kent Sprague
Lysis	687	(21)
Stanley Lombardo
Euthydemus	708	(38)
Rosamond Kent Sprague
Protagoras	746	(45)
Stanley Lombardo
Karen Bell
Gorgias	791	(79)
Donald J. Zeyl
Meno	870	(28)
G.M.A. Grube
Greater Hippias+	898	(24)
Paul Woodruff
Lesser Hippias	922	(15)
Nicholas D. Smith
Ion	937	(13)
Paul Woodruff
Menexenus	950	(15)
Paul Ryan
Clitophon+	965	(6)
Francisco J. Gonzalez
Republic	971	(253)
G.M.A. Grube
rev. C.D.C. Reeve
Timaeus	1224	(68)
Donald J. Zeyl
Critias	1292	(15)
Diskin Clay
Minos*	1307	(11)
Malcolm Schofield
Laws	1318	(299)
Trevor J. Saunders
Epinomis*	1617	(17)
Richard D. McKirahan, Jr.
Letters+	1634	(43)
Glenn R. Morrow
Definitions*	1677	(10)
D. S. Hutchinson
On Justice*	1687	(7)
Andrew S. Becker
On Virtue*	1694	(5)
Mark Reuter
Demodocus*	1699	(8)
Jonathan Barnes
Sisyphus*	1707	(7)
David Gallop
Halcyon*	1714	(4)
Brad Inwood
Eryxias*	1718	(16)
Mark Joyal
Axiochus*	1734	(8)
Jackson P. Hershbell
Epigrams+	1742	(5)
J. M. Edmonds
rev. John M. Cooper
Index	1747