Plato: Symposium / Edition 1

by Benjamin Jowett, Plato

Overview

This new translation of Plato's dialogue on love avoids the cumbersome locutions of Victorian versions and presents Plato's ancient drinking party in a vigorous contemporary idiom. The character of Socrates emerges with unexpected with and humor, adding new dimensions to his familiar irony.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780023607608
Publisher:	Pearson
Publication date:	01/15/1956
Series:	Library of Liberal Arts
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.30(d)