| #72686 in Books | Harvard University Press | 1925-01-01 | 1925-01-31 | Original language:Ancient Greek | PDF # 1 | 1.07 x4.64 x6.68l,.80 | File type: PDF | 560 pages | ||96 of 99 people found the following review helpful.| Far from perfect, but still very good.|By Mr. S. Koller|This is a review of Christopher Rowe's new (2012) translation of Plato's masterpiece, the Republic (ISBN 0141442433). It is not a review of Plato's Republic as such, but solely of the merits and demerits of Rowe's translation.
I've never quite trusted Rowe as an exegete of Plato, as he's got too much of his ow
Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable; that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was wealthy is likely; that he was critical of 'advanced' democracy is obvious. He lived to be 80 years old. Ling...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Plato: Lysis. Symposium. Gorgias. (Loeb Classical Library No. 166) | Plato. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
