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Product Description
The second edition of Five Dialogues presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works. A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with an updated bibliography.
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Customer Reviews:
• Outstanding Work And Great Translation!
19 March, 2009
This contains the dialogs of Plato (as told through the mouth of Socrates). This includes the Apology at Socrates' trial and sentencing to death, Crito, Meno - the basis of the dialectic/evolution of knowledge/scientific method of rediscovering the truth of everything with inquiry and self-correction. Very, very deep and extremely intimately translation. And then there is Phaedo including Socrates musing on the meaning of life, the sense in which we have immortality and what it is we are seeking to discovery in our inquiry, a model of the ascetic philosopher's life and much more - an elaborate rationalized exposition of the Pythagorean mysteries. This translation makes these works meaningful again instead of yet another ancient-Greek-sounding-pompous mockery of the literary style of Plato. He translates as though he is translating a modern French thinker. It will pretty much make a Platonist of almost anybody open to the spirit of idealism.
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• Loved It
01 February, 2010
Used this book for my Philosophy 101 class. I thought it would be boring and hard to get through but I was wrong. I found myself reading and re-reading it. It realy makes you think and even has some humor. It does take a bit to get used to the writing style, but not long. Yo will be glad you read it.
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• Taking A Class, Needed The Book
11 February, 2009
This book was significantly cheaper through Amazon than through the school bookstore. It arrived in great condition and it seems like it is a nicely done book. It is not a book I would have purchased on my own as I am not one of those people that asks "why?" about everything. Maybe by the end of the semester I will have changed my mind about that. So, if you are into deeper thinking, this would be a great book.
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• Excellent Choice
30 May, 2008
I highly recommend this book. It made me want to read more of Plato's dialogues. Anyone that even slightly desires read about philosophy should at least start wih this as a primer.
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• Horrible
13 February, 2010
Horrible service. After trying to contact seller and getting the same robotic response about shipping guidelines I never received the item. Could not get a hold of seller. Filed a claim. Waiting for my refund.
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