'You are going to entrust your soul to the care of a sophist. But I should be surprised if you even know what a sophist is.' In the fifth century BC professional educators, the sophists, travelled the Greek world claiming to teach success in public and private life. In this dialogue Plato shows the pretensions of the leading sophist, Protagoras, challenged by the critical arguments of Socrates. From criticism of the educational aims and methods of the sophists the dialogue broadens out to consider the nature of the good life, and the role of pleasure and intellect in the context of that life. The dialogue combines subtlety of argument with intricacy of dramatic construction and brilliant characterization. This translation achieves both precision and colloquial naturalness while the notes and introduction set the arguments in their historical and philosophical context.
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`lucid, penetrating and philosophically interesting' M.C. Stokes, University of Durham
`excellent' W. Charlton, University of Edinburgh --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
`excellent' W. Charlton, University of Edinburgh --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Greek --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Original Language: Greek --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The most outstanding thing about this book is the translation. Absolutely horrific. The author seems to have tried to modernize the language so it would be accessible to a wider reading audience. Probably an audience of ghetto high school students since charaters are saying things like "What's up?", "It's pretty obvious", and "I guess so." This translation is not worth buying for personal reading, nor is it appropriate to college courses.That said, the 27 page introduction is quite good and worth reading. It should have been published as a separate essay.
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