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Plato's Sophist: The Professor of Wisdom

Plato's Sophist

The Professor of Wisdom

E. Brann, P. Kalkavage, E. Salem

St. John's College (Annapolis)

1996 • 0-941051-51-X • paper • 104 pages • 5½ x 8½ • $10.95

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 Description                                             

English translation. Introduction and glossary. The glossary of key terms is a unique addition to Platonic literature by which concepts central to each dialogue are discussed and cross-referenced as to their occurrences throughout the work. In such a way students are encouraged to see beyond the words into concepts.

 Authors                                                   

Peter Kalkavage is a Tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis Md.

Eva Brann is a tutor and member of the senior faculty at St. John's College, Annapolis, where she has also been deen of Academic affairs. She holds an M.A. in Classics and a Ph.D. in Archaeology from Yale University.

Eric Salem is a lecturer at St, Johns College, Annapolis.

 Table of Contents                                     

Introduction
    The Projected Trilogy
    The Plot
    Real-Life Sophists and the Sophist's Kind
    Father Parmenides
    The Way of Division
    The Interweaving of Forms and Kinds
    Images and Non-being
    Non-being as Otherness
Translation
Glossary
Bibliography

 Review                                                     

This is one of the best translations of a Platonic dialogue I have seen in any language.

-- Stanley Rosen, Boston University