Socrates and Alcibiades: Four Texts Plato's Alcibiades I and II, Symposium (212c-223a), Aeschines' Alcibiades |
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| Author:
| Johnson, David |
| Series title: | The Focus Philosophical Library |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58510-465-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Publisher: | Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Focus |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $6.95 |
Book Description:
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Selections from Plato's 'Symposium', 'Alcibiades I', and 'Alcibiades II', with the complete fragments of the dialogue 'Alcibiades' by Aeschines of Sphettus. These translations and their accompanying notes and essay provide a rich discussion of how Athens' greatest philosopher loved and tried to teach his most ambitious young student, and why Athens turned on both of them.
Selections from Plato's 'Symposium', 'Alcibiades I', and 'Alcibiades II', with the complete fragments of the dialogue 'Alcibiades' by Aeschines of Sphettus. These translations and their accompanying notes and essay provide a rich discussion of how Athens' greatest philosopher loved and tried to teach his most ambitious young student, and why Athens turned on both of them.