Great Dialogues of Plato [Paperback]

“Plato is philosophy, and philosophy, Plato.”—Emerson
 
The Republicand other great dialogues by the immortal Greek philosopher Plato are masterpieces that form part of the most important single body of writing in the history of philosophy. Beauty, love, immortality, knowledge, and justice are discussed in these dialogues, which magnificently express the glowing spirit of Platonic philosophy.
 
Translated by W. H. D. Rouse, one of the world’s most outstanding classical scholars and translator of Homer’sThe OdysseyandThe Iliad, this volume features the complete texts of seven of Plato’s most revered works.
 
“In Rouse’s pages Socrates’ strength of mind, his dedication to philosophical truth, are borne in on the modern reader with something of the power that impressed and disturbed the ancient Greeks.”—TimePlato (c. 427–347 b.c.) founded the Academy in Athens, the prototype of all Western universities, and wrote more than twenty philosophical dialogues.

W.H.D. Rouse(1863-1950) was one of the great modern experts on Ancient Greece, and headmaster of the Perse School, Cambridge, England, for 26 years. Under his leadership the school became widely known for the successful teaching of Greek and Latin as spoken languages. He derived his knowledge of the Greeks not only from his wide studies of classical literature, but also by travelling extensively in Greece.

Matthew S. Santiroccois Professor of Classics and Dean of the College of Arts and Science at New York University. He has written on Greek and Roman literature and edits the journalClassical World.Rebecca Goldstein Newberger is the author of such novels asThe Mind-Body Problem,The Late-Summer Passion of a Woman of Mind, and36 Arguments for the Existence of God, as well as acclaimed nonfictil“G