The Being of the Beautiful collects Plato's three dialogues, the Theaetetus, Sophist, and Statesmen, in which Socrates formulates his conception of philosophy while preparing for trial. Renowned classicist Seth Benardete's careful translations clearly illuminate the dramatic and philosophical unity of these dialogues and highlight Plato's subtle interplay of language and structure. Extensive notes and commentaries, furthermore, underscore the trilogy's motifs and relationships. "
The translations are masterpieces of literalness. . . . They are honest, accurate, and give the reader a wonderful sense of the Greek." by Drew A. Hyland, Review of Metaphysics
Seth Benardete (1930 to 2001) was professor of classics at New York University. He is the author of Plato's Laws: The Discovery of Being, and hetranslated Aeschylus' The Persians and The Suppliant Maidens, all published by the University of Chicago Press.
Plato (428 to 348 BCE) was a philosopher and mathematician in ancient Greece. A student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle, his Academy was one of the first institutions of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely regarded as the father of modern philosophy.
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