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Plato: Phaedrus
Christopher J. Rowe
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Paperback. The dating of the Phaedrus has been hotly debated: sometimes it has been counted among Plato's earliest works; sometimes with the dialogues of the 'middle' period (Phaedo, Symposium, Republic); sometimes with the late works (e.g. Sophist, Statesman). Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 232 pages, commentary, notes. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
The dating of the Phaedrus has been hotly debated: sometimes it has been counted among Plato's earliest works; sometimes with the dialogues of the 'middle' period (Phaedo, Symposium, Republic); sometimes with the late works (e.g. Sophist, Statesman). The safest and easiest hypothesis is that it stands somewhere between the latter two groups, in that it displays themes and preoccupations in common with both. Love, knowledge and the Forms, the nature and fate of the immortal soul: these are subjects familiar from the constructive middle dialogues; on the other hand, the discussion ... Read more
The dating of the Phaedrus has been hotly debated: sometimes it has been counted among Plato's earliest works; sometimes with the dialogues of the 'middle' period (Phaedo, Symposium, Republic); sometimes with the late works (e.g. Sophist, Statesman). The safest and easiest hypothesis is that it stands somewhere between the latter two groups, in that it displays themes and preoccupations in common with both. Love, knowledge and the Forms, the nature and fate of the immortal soul: these are subjects familiar from the constructive middle dialogues; on the other hand, the discussion ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856683145
SKU
V9780856683145
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About Christopher J. Rowe
C. J. Rowe is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient at Durham University. His major publications include Plato: Theaetetus and Sophist (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing (CUP, 2007), and he has edited and translated Plato’s Phaedrus and Statesman in the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series.
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