Dialogues of Plato: Translated Into English, with Analyses and Introduction

ISBN-13: 9781108012119 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 666 str.

Benjamin Jowett; Benjamin Jowett

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One of the leading scholars and academic administrators of his time, Benjamin Jowett (1817 1893) was Master of Balliol College as well as Regius Professor of Greek and, for a time, vice-chancellor at Oxford University. Along with his achievements in the area of academic reform, Jowett is remembered for this four-volume translation of Plato's dialogues. Characterising Plato as the 'father of idealism', Jowett reminds readers that while 'he may be illustrated by the writings of moderns he must be interpreted by his own, and by his place in the history of philosophy'. This second volume consists of Timaeus and Critias together with the well-known Republic; each dialogue is given a separate introduction. Jowett's work represents a towering achievement in the field of classical and philosophical studies that had important influence on the subsequent study of Plato."