J E Thomas

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Musings on the Meno (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1980)Paperback - Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1980, 31 March 1980

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Part of Series
Nijhoff Classical Philosophy Library
Part of Series
Bibliotheca Indonesica
Print Length
222 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
31 Mar 1980
ISBN-10
9024721210
ISBN-13
9789024721214

Description

The objectives of this book are to provide a new translation of Plato's M eno together with a series of studies on its philcisophical argument in the light of recent secondary literature. My translation is based mainly on the Oxford Classical Text, 1. Burnet's Platonis Opera (Oxford Clarendon Press 1900) Vol. III. In conjunction with this I have made extensive use of R.S. Bluck's Plato's Meno (Cam- bridge University Press, 1964). At critical places in the dialogue I have also consulted A. Croiset's Gorgias, Menon (Bude text). My debt o two other sources will be clearly in evidence. They are E.S. Thompson's Plato's Meno (London, MacMillan 1901), and St. George Stock's The Meno of Plato (Oxford Clarendon Press, 1894). One of the greatest difficulties facing a translator is to achieve a balance between accuracy and elegance. Literal translations are more likely to be accurate, but, alas, they also tend to be duller. Free translations run into the opposite danger of paying for elegance and liveliness with the coin of inaccuracy. Another hurdle, for a translator of a Platonic dialogue, is posed by the challenge to maintain the conversational pattern and fast- moving character of the discussion. This is easier where the exchang s are short, but much more difficult where Socrates gets somewhat long-winded.

Product Details

Author:
J E Thomas
Book Edition:
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1980
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
31 March 1980
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.42 cm
ISBN-10:
9024721210
ISBN-13:
9789024721214
Language:
English
Location:
Dordrecht
Pages:
222
Publisher:
Weight:
512.56 gm

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