| #458435 in Books | Cambridge University Press | 1980-03-31 | 1980-02-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.32 x.43 x4.84l,.45 | File type: PDF | 196 pages | ||43 of 45 people found the following review helpful.| The ladder of love|By stephen liem|In this review I will compare 5 translations of Plato's Symposium: 1. Alexander Nehamas & Paul Woodruff (Hackett Pub Co, 1989). 2. Benardete (University of Chicago Press, 2001). 3. R.E. Allen (Yale University Press, 1993). 4. Shelley's Translation (St Augustine Press, 2002) 5. Sharon (Focus Publishing/R.Pullins Co, 1
Plato's Symposium is the most literary of all his works and one which all students of classics are likely to want to read whether or not they are studying Plato's philosophy. But the reader does need help in appreciating both the artistry and the arguments, and in comprehending the social and cultural background against which the 'praise of love' is delivered. Sir Kenneth Dover provides here a sympathetic and modern edition of the kind that is long overdue. It consists o...
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