Plato's Statesman is the second of a projected trilogy of dialogues, in which an unnamed stranger sets out to satisfy Socrates' desire for an account of sophist, statesman, and philosopher. (The third was never written.) It includes a clear English translation along with notes and supplementary materials.
The Statesman is Plato's neglected political work, but it is crucial for an understanding of the development of his political thinking.
He was the author or translator of many books, most recently The Argument of the Action, Plato's "Laws," and Plato's "Symposium," all published by the University of Chicago Press.
Plato's Statesman is the second of a projected trilogy of dialogues, in which an unnamed stranger sets out to satisfy Socrates' desire for an account of sophist, statesman, and philosopher. (The third was never written.) It includes a clear ...
Among Plato's works, the Statesman is usually seen as transitional between the Republic and the Laws. This book argues that the dialogue deserves a special place of its own.
Plato's Statesman, A Philosophical Discussion, is the second volume in the Plato Dialogue Project series.
In his 1980 study, reprinted here, Mitchell Miller employs literary theory and conceptual analysis to expose the philosophical, political, and pedagogical conflict that is the underlying context of the dialogue, revealing that its chaotic ...
A student edition of Rowe's (Greek, U. of Durham) contribution to the Complete Works published by Hackett in 1997, itself slightly revised from the 1995 Arts and Phillips publication of Statesman.
This book represents the first publication of one of the seminars (transcribed) of Cornelius Castoriadis, a renowned and influential figure in 20th-century thought.
What we lack eyes for, of course, we will not see. The basic purpose of this essay is to develop eyes, as it were, for that integrity.
The essays in this collection consider these subjects and others, focusing in particular on the dramatic form of the dialogue.