Plato

Selected Myths

Herausgeber: Partenie, Catalin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume brings together ten of the most celebrated Platonic myths, from eight of Plato's dialogues ranging from the early Protagoras and Gorgias to the late Timaeus and Critias. They include the famous myth of the cave from Republic as well as 'The Judgement of Souls' and 'The Birth of Love'. Each myth is a self-contained story, prefaced by a short explanatory note, while the introduction considers Plato's use ofmyth and imagery.

Produktdetails

• Oxford World's Classics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 202mm x 131mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 160g
• ISBN-13: 9780199552559
• ISBN-10: 019955255X
• Artikelnr.: 26177320

Autorenporträt

Catalin Partenie is co-editor ofPlato's Complete Works in Romanian (2001-2005)

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: 'The Origin of Virtue (Protagoras 320c
323a) * 2: 'The Judgement of Souls' (Gorgias 523a
527a) * 3: 'The Androgyne' (Symposium 189c
193e) * 4: 'The Birth of Love' (Symposium 201d
212c) * 5: 'The Other World' (Phaedo 107c
115a) * 6: 'The Cave' (Republic 514a
517a) * 7: 'Er's Journey into the Other World' (Republic 614b
621d) * 8: 'The Winged Soul' (Phaedrus 246a
257a) * 9: 'The Two Cosmic Eras' (Statesman 268d
274e) * 10: 'Atlantis and the Ancient City of Athens' (Timaeus 20d
25d; Critias 108e
121c)