Plato: Phaedrus
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Description
Ostensibly a discussion about love, the debate in the Phaedrus also encompasses the art of rhetoric and how it should be practised. This new edition contains an introductory essay outlining the argument of the dialogue as a whole and Plato's arguments about rhetoric and eros in particular. The Introduction also considers Plato's style and offers an account of the reception of the dialogue from its composition to the twentieth century. A new Greek text of the dialogue is accompanied by…
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Key features
- New edition of and commentary on one of Plato's most important texts
- The Commentary addresses all issues in translating the Greek text and in understanding how Plato's Greek works
- The Introduction and Commentary present comprehensive background information on fourth-century BCE Greek philosophy and rhetoric
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511977237
- Series Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
- Subjects Classical Literature,Classical Philosophy,Classical Studies,Philosophy
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 30 June 2011
- ISBN: 9780521847766
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.5kg
- Contains: 2 maps
- Page extent: 284 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 30 June 2011
- ISBN: 9780521612593
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.39kg
- Contains: 2 maps
- Page extent: 284 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9780511977237
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