Laches and Charmides

by Plato, Rosamond Kent Sprague (Translator)

Overview

Rosamond Kent Sprague’s translations of the Laches and Charmides are highly regarded, and relied on, for their lucidity and philosophical acuity. This edition includes notes by Sprague and an updated bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872201354
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	10/05/1992
Series:	Hackett Classics
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rosamond Kent Sprague is Emerita Professor of Philosophy and Greek, University of South Carolina.

Editorial Reviews

This excellent translation in current idiomatic English continues the superb quality set by Sprague in her previous version of Plato’s Euthydemus. . . . Its accuracy and reliability make the present volume suitable for use in various courses in the humanities.

Classical Outlook

. . . on the whole more readable than those of the Loeb Classical Library, and more accurate than those by Jowett. . . . Of particular interest are the many notes which give some information about the historical persons and places refer to . . .

History of Philosphy

"This excellent translation in current idiomatic English continues the superb quality set by Sprague in her previous version of Plato’s Euthydemus. . . . Its accuracy and reliability make the present volume suitable for use in various courses in the humanities."
—The Classical Outlook

". . . on the whole more readable than those of the Loeb Classical Library, and more accurate than those by Jowett. . . . Of particular interest are the many notes which give some information about the historical persons and places refer to . . ."
—Journal of the History of Philosophy

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