Philosophy

The Collected Dialogues of Plato

    Edited by
  • Edith Hamilton
  • Huntington Cairns

"The Platonic Forms of the Platonic dialogues."—Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex

A landmark one-volume edition of the complete Plato in classic translations



Hardcover

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$40.00/£34.00
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ISBN:
Published:
Oct 21, 1961
Copyright:
1962
Pages:
1770
Size:
6 x 8.5 in.

This is a classic one-volume edition of all the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic. The editors, Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns, chose the contents from the work of the best modern British and American translators. The volume contains prefatory notes to each dialogue, by Hamilton; an introductory essay on Plato’s philosophy and writings, by Cairns; and a comprehensive index with cross references to assist the reader with the philosophical vocabulary of the different translators.