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Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics: Plato: Protagoras
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Paperback. This book provides a commentary on the Greek text of this important work and full assistance with literary, linguistic and philosophical questions. Editor(s): Denyer, Nicholas. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310. Protagoras. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. 224 pages. Editor(s): Denyer, Nicholas. Provides a commentary on the Greek text of this important work and full assistance with literary, linguistic and philosophical questions. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight: 312.
The Protagoras is one of Plato's most entertaining dialogues. It represents Socrates at a gathering of the most celebrated and highest-earning intellectuals of the day, among them the sophist Protagoras. In flamboyant displays of both rhetoric and dialectic, Socrates and Protagoras try to out-argue one another. Their arguments range widely, from political theory to literary criticism, from education to the nature of cowardice; but in view throughout this literary and philosophical masterpiece are the questions of what part knowledge plays in a successful life, and how we may acquire the knowledge that makes for success. This edition contains the first ... Read more
The Protagoras is one of Plato's most entertaining dialogues. It represents Socrates at a gathering of the most celebrated and highest-earning intellectuals of the day, among them the sophist Protagoras. In flamboyant displays of both rhetoric and dialectic, Socrates and Protagoras try to out-argue one another. Their arguments range widely, from political theory to literary criticism, from education to the nature of cowardice; but in view throughout this literary and philosophical masterpiece are the questions of what part knowledge plays in a successful life, and how we may acquire the knowledge that makes for success. This edition contains the first ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521549691
SKU
V9780521549691
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About Plato
Nicholas Denyer is University Senior Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy at the Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University, and College Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge. He has already edited a book in this series, Plato's Alcibiades (2001).
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