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Plato's Phaedo | |||
1998 • 0-941051-69-2 • paper • 114 pages • 5½ x 8½ • $10.95 Translation in English, with an introduction and glossary of key terms. Socrates on death, dying, and the soul. | About the Authors | Table of Contents | Reviews | | |||
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.
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Introduction
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This marvelously conceived new translation of Plato's most important dialogue will set the standard for classroom use for many years to come… The authors' imaginative new interpretation will inspire students and generate scholarly controversy - and is thus certain to accomplish what it suggests is the true aim of Socratic inquiry: the weaving, unweaving, and perpetual re-weaving of the Logos. -- Dr. George R. Lucas, Jr., Professor of Philosophy, US Naval Academy, Annapolis
The virtues of this edition are numerous and its faults few. It deserves to be widely adopted in introductory philosophy courses, as well as in courses which take a broad "liberal arts" perspective towards Plato's dialogues. For the more advanced student, it is to be highly recommended as offering the best of the virtues of a "non-doctrinal" approach to the dialogues without their sometime companion, a stilted and awkward translation. The translators have set a standard for their colleagues by offering both a perceptive interpretation and a lucid and graceful translation of this dialogue in an affordable edition. -- Colin A. Anderson, Loyola University of Chicago, Bryn Mawr Classical Review | |||
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Plato's Phaedo
