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| Best availableBest available translation of Plato's Phaedrus in English. They are as literal as possible and convey the subtleties of the Greek text as if it were originally written in English.
I also recommend their companion translation of Gorgias.
Review of Hackett PhaedrusThis is an excellent translation of the Phaedrus published with an extensive introduction and plenty of contextual footnotes to make reading more pleasant. It should be noted that this is the same translation present in 'Plato: Complete Works' (though here, the introduction shorter and more straightforward, and the footnotes less plentiful).
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Socrates is cockyIn this book written by Plato, Socrates is again proving his brilliance (as Plato always has him doing). Phaedrus brings to Socrates a letter from a man claiming that it is better to have sex with a man who doesn't love you than one who does. Socrates then gives his response as to why it is better to be lovers with someone who loves you. A challenging read at points of Socrates speech because he uses crazy metaphors but a wonderful read.
"To Love - Who Watches Over Beautiful Boys"This books attempts to answer a question that was apparently very important in ancient Greece:
When an older man wants to seduce a beautiful boy should the older man be in love with the boy or should they just be friends ?
Then it gives this analogy of the feelings of the seducer sprouting like wings from his soul.
All of this was actually quite repugnant for me so I took off a few stars.
If someone were to right a book like this today they would probably be thrown in jail.
Socrates was thrown in jail and executed. I don't know if there's a connection.
It sounds like Socrates was into that man / boy stuff.
I doubt if Plato was into it. He was probably just recording information about the beliefs and customs of the times.
Then again it's hard to really learn much about Plato from these dialogues since they are accounts of conversations between Socrates and someone else (Phaedrus in this case).
I'm planning on reading a few more of these short dialogues before I read "The Laws".
"The Laws" was I think one of Plato's last works so it should tell what Plato finally decided about a lot of issues before he died.
This is the first time I ever read a book where the introduction and editors' notes are longer than the story itself.
However that introductory and additional information was very helpful.
I'll probably order these same authors' version of "Symposium".
Jeff Marzano
The Thing (Collector's Edition)
Product DescriptionPlato's dialogue Phaedo portrays Socrates in prison awaiting execution and discussing with his friends the fate of the soul after death. In this edition, consisting of introduction, text and commentary, Professor Rowe guides the reader through the difficulties--linguistic, literary and philosophical--of individual passages and of the dialogue as a whole. The comparative beginner is not neglected, but the commentary is intended for any student, classical scholar, or philosopher with an interest in the close reading of Plato.
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