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Four Texts on Socrates: Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Aristophanes' Clouds

Four Texts on Socrates: Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Aristophanes' Clouds

Grace Starry West
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Widely adopted for classroom use, this book offers translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which treat the life and thought of Socrates, focusing particularly on his trial and defense and on the charges against Socrates .

This is the only collection of the three Platonic dialogues that also includes Clouds, a work that is fundamental for understanding the thought of Socrates in relation to the Athenian political community and to Greek poetry. Thomas G. West's introduction provides an overview of the principal themes and arguments of the four works. There are extensive explanatory notes to the translations.

In their translations, the Wests capture successfully the simplicity and vigor of straightforward Greek diction. They strive for as high a degree of accuracy as possible, subordinating concerns for elegance and smoothness to the goal of producing the most faithful and most reliable English versions of these texts. For this new edition, Thomas West has revised the introduction and updated the annotated bibliography, which includes the best of the secondary literature on Socrates and on the texts included in this book.
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Release
September 15, 1998
ISBN
0801485746
ISBN 13
9780801485749

Four Texts on Socrates: Euthyphro/Apology/Crito/Aristophanes' Clouds

Grace Starry West
4/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Widely adopted for classroom use, this book offers translations of four major works of ancient Greek literature which treat the life and thought of Socrates, focusing particularly on his trial and defense and on the charges against Socrates .

This is the only collection of the three Platonic dialogues that also includes Clouds, a work that is fundamental for understanding the thought of Socrates in relation to the Athenian political community and to Greek poetry. Thomas G. West's introduction provides an overview of the principal themes and arguments of the four works. There are extensive explanatory notes to the translations.

In their translations, the Wests capture successfully the simplicity and vigor of straightforward Greek diction. They strive for as high a degree of accuracy as possible, subordinating concerns for elegance and smoothness to the goal of producing the most faithful and most reliable English versions of these texts. For this new edition, Thomas West has revised the introduction and updated the annotated bibliography, which includes the best of the secondary literature on Socrates and on the texts included in this book.
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Release
September 15, 1998
ISBN
0801485746
ISBN 13
9780801485749

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