Best known for his influential History of Greece, the historian and politician George Grote (1794-1871) wrote this account of Plato's dialogues as a philosophical supplement to the History. First published in 1865 and written in dialogic form, Grote's account of Plato's works includes substantial footnotes andmarginalia. This first volume focuses on Plato's early and transitional dialogues, all of which feature Socrates. It also includes a preface to the whole project which discusses the meaning and importance of philosophy itself, and extensive introductory material on pre-Socratic philosophy, the life of Plato and history of the Platonic canon. With two volumes each running to over six hundred pages, Grote's scholarship is formidably comprehensive. The publication of Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates confirmed him as one of the greatest authorities on Plato in the nineteenth century. INDICE: Preface; 1. Speculative philosophy in Greece, before and in the time of Sokrates; 2. General remarks on the earlier philosophers; 3. Life of Plato; 4. Platonic canon, as recognised by Thrasyllus; 5. Platonic canon as appreciated and modified by modern critics; 6. Platonic compositions generally; 7. Apology of Sokrates; 8. Kriton; 9. Euthyphron; 10. Alkibiades I and II; 11. Hippias Major and Hippias Minor; 12. Hipparchus - Minos; 13. Theages; 14. Erastae or Anterastae - Rivales; 15. Ion; 16. Laches; 17. Charmides; 18. Lysis; 19. Euthydemus.
- ISBN: 978-1-108-00962-1
- Editorial: Cambridge University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 612
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés