Different Editions of Platonic Books
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- čas přidán 28. 02. 2021
- In this episode I am speaking about four different editions of Plato I have in my collection and how they are all useful for different aspects of study.
The Hackett Publishing edition is great to have the complete works together in one place. The Loeb Classical Library editions contain the original Greek language and so are useful for anyone studying Classical Greek. The Penguin Classics editions contain helpful introductions and valuable additional information throughout the text. And finally, the Oxford Clarendon Press series contain extensive notes on the four dialogues in those editions.
awesome collection bro, I'm gonna buy the collected works edition.
They are my prized possessions. Glad you enjoyed the video, and good luck with your studies!
I can see the first two-three books I go into being the Penguin editions (I saw your video on where to start with Plato so The Last Days of Socrates is among the first ones, though I personally wanna start with The Republic because of the forms). After that, I'll most likely get the Hackett edition if I'm still interested. Then, for those dialogues that I am really intrigued by in Hackett I could look up the Oxford editions of. A pretty informative and concise video, my friend. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed the info. The Republic is good also. Just start with whatever is easiest. 🙏
I'm wanting to think that Everyman's Library has a complete works of Plato as well. Loeb classic's I plan on getting some next month as they are not only hardcover but also have Greek writings that are not as widely published(Like the retwlling of the Arganotica by Flavius). You should try getting Plato and even other ancient classic's in the Oxford word library editions, they are probably the best in terms of ancient classic's(they don't cut out the sexual scenes or the blood, gore and violence).
If you have any I would love to see a collection of books on politics(political writings can really expand and blow your mind).
Also question, are you opposed to reading controversial books by by horrible people( Like Hitler, Mao etc....)? Cause personally I'm not, it's interesting to read and see just what was going through their head and made them tick.
What happened to the PDF links? thank you!
Great video mane.
Thanks! Glad you liked it. 👍🏼
Does the complete works book include the Allegory of the Cave?
It does. The allegory of the cave is in Plato’s Republic. Which, coincidentally we are studying. Book one this Thursday. See you there 👍🏼
Which translation would you recomend ?
I don’t really have a preference. But as the Hackett editions are readily available through my videos, I’d say start there.
The Hackett version is thoroughly readable and lively
wow
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