Phaedrus is widely recognized as one of plato s most profound and beautiful works. Phaedrus by plat hackett publishing company, incorporated, 1995. Carpenter ii class of 1943 professor in the humanities, professor of philosophy, and professor of comparative literature at princeton university. This nehamas woodruff translation of plato s symposium is no different. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings. Plato symposium hackett classics by plato, alexander. Carpenter ii class of 1943 professor in the humanities and professor of philosophy and comparative literature at princeton university. Symposium, translated by alexander nehamas and paul woodruff, hackett pub.
Plato s works, like those of homer, we are told, are open to an irreducible plurality of interpretations. Alexander nehamas and paul woodruff posted on january 16, 2012 by lauren plato s symposium is a story of a party that socrates attended where, instead of drinking or singing, the men decided to give speeches in praise. Pdf on jun 22, 2001, ricardo henriquez and others published plato on love. Reviewed by beau david case, indiana university bloomington. Plato s phaedrus, translated with introduction and notes, with paul woodruff indianapolis. Now contrivance was drunk with nectarwine, i may say, had not yet been discoveredand went out into the garden of zeus, and was overcome by sleep. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. My dear phaedrus, whence come you, and whither are you going. Plato translated by alexander nehamas and paul woodruff. White and nonwhite love amo sulaiman latos dialogues, the symposium, and phaedrus, provide a reasonable explanation of love. Phaedrus hackett classics 9780872202207 by plato and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. This new translation is accompanied by an introduction, further reading, and full notes on the text and translation that discuss the. Rather, my way of orienting readers to plato s concerns in this dialogue.
This note consults the version edited and translated by alexander nehamas and paul woodruff, who note that the second speech of socrates seems to allude to many of the ideas plato expressed in the meno, the phaedo, and the republic xiii. I shall dispense with a long preamble as to its contents. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 bce, about the same time as plato s republic and symposium. In phaedrus, plato records the conversation of love and rhetoric between socrates and phaedrus. I come from lysias the son of cephalus, and i am going to. The translation is faithful in the very best sense. Virtues of authenticity princeton university press. The place of beauty in a world of art alexander nehamas.
A5 n44 1995 how can we go about trying to understand plato, when so muchthe whole history of western philosophyseparates us from him. Hackett publishing company, 1995, 251a52a, modised. Plato paul woodruff alexander nehamas paul woodruff. Tim mahoney, alexander nehamas and paul woodruff, eds. An analysis of his doctrine on love in the symposium and phaedrus find, read and cite all the research you need on. A model of the kind of text one needs for lecture courses. Alexander nehamas department of philosophy 692 pretty brook road.
Similarly in the phaedrus, socrates shows eros to be a divine madness that a philosophers soul must be able to control. Phaedrus plato rejects sophistic rhetoric not because it inter feres with. Socratic reflections from plato to foucault berkeley. Phaedrus by plato, alexander nehamas, paul woodruff. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. This is a book about plato s phaedrus, nothing more. Phaedrus hackett classics kindle edition by plato, woodruff, paul, nehamas, alexander, nehamas, alexander, woodruff, paul. Plato first sets the stage by narrating a scene of playful leisure to set the stage for layered, increasingly deeper contemplation.
Similarly, nehamas also argues that phaedrus is about rhetoric albeit not as strongly as nichols. Phaedrus ebook written by plato, alexander nehamas, paul woodruff. With paul woodruff, he translated and introduced plato s symposium and plato s phaedrus. That being said, i also recommend the similarly structured nehamas woodruff translation of plato s phaedrus, which they reference a few times in this version of symposium. Plato s republic treats eros as a dangerous but important part of the philosophers soul. A plato reader offers eight of plato s bestknown workseuthyphro, apology, crito, meno, phaedo, symposium, phaedrus, and republicunabridged, expertly introduced and annotated, and in widely admired translations by c. Youll hear about it, if you are free to come along and listen. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I confess, i listened to the whole thing while laying down mulch for hours with my earbuds. Would like to recommend changes or download a free.
It is a sustained discussion of rhetoric in which plato used eros as examples. The present effort by nehamas and woodruff succeeds better in making. The aim of this commentary is to make platos symposium as accessible as. His sons lysias, polemarchus, and euthydemus were known for their democratic sympathies. If madness is all bad, then the preceding speeches would have been correct, but in actuality, madness given as a gift of the god provides us with some of the best things we have. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. For i spent a long time there with lysias, sitting since early morning. Paul woodruff gave good advice on the revision of the epigrams translation. Phaedrus from lysias, socrates, the son of cephalus. Phaedrus by alexander nehamas, paul woodruff plato isbn. Phaedrus hackett classics by paul woodruff translator.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading phaedrus hackett classics. Whatever the exact origins of this anecdote which draws, of course, on motifs and tropes from plato s own writings, it undoubtedly reflects a long history of ancient debates both inside and. Cephalus is prominent in the opening section of plato s replljiic, which is set in his home in piraeus, the port of athens. So poverty, thinking to alleviate her wretched condition by bearing a child to. Symposium is a short read that should take you no longer than 23 days to complete. Philosophical essays 1994 and the author, with paul woodruff, of a translation and commentary on plato s phaedrus 1995 and symposium 1989. Phaidros, written by plato, is a dialogue between plato s protagonist, socrates, and phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read phaedrus.
And the introduction admirably presents both basic. Scholars disagree on the date of composition of plato s phaedrus. The collection features socrates as its central character and a model of the examined life. One might attend here to what plato has socrates say at the end of phaedrus about. Lysias has been writing about a fair youth who was being tempted, but not by a lover. My tale, socrates, is one of your sort, for love was the theme which occupied uslove after a fashion. Paperback phaedrus by plato 9780872202207 paperback, 1995 deliveryuk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working days. Aristodemus, for phaedrus, and the restthat you largecapacity drinkers are already. I have given all 3 editions 5 stars for their own unique. The view that the phaedrus is platonic juvenilia, or that plato intended for it to. Over the course of the past three decades, alexander nehamas department of philosophy, princeton university and paul woodruff department of philosophy, university of texas at austin have written extensively on plato, including five wellreceived translations published by hackett, one of which, the 1989 edition of the symposium. Love, therefore is a subordinate subject to rhetoric. I have given all 3 editions 5 stars for their own unique perspectives. Anderson paul woodruff alexander nehamas 170 plato platone albert a.
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