Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Plato’s immediate audience.
Plato: Gorgias (Focus Philosophical Library)
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Author(s)Plato
PublisherFocus Publishing/R. Pullins Co.
ISBN / ASIN1585102431
ISBN-139781585102433
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank380,184
CategoryPaperback
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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This is an English translation of Plato’s dialogue of Socrates seeking the true definition of rhetoric, with an attempt to show the flaws of the sophistic orators. Includes speeches from Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian Wars that reflect Plato’s themes.
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