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The Republic (Penguin Classics)
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This review is of ISBN-10: 0-87220-136-8, Plato * Republic, translated by G.M.A. Grube and revised by C.D.C. Reeve.
I somehow made it through high school and college learning about Plato and Socrates without reading any full-length works. That's changing this spring as I'm taking a discussion-based class on Plato's Republic. This text was ... »
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Oresteia
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I worked on the production of this translation at The University of South Carolina in 1998. I designed the costumes and masks. Before I began the design process, I read other translations of the script. Peter's translation was done with attention to what the characters were saying, not just the literal dictionary definition of the Ancient Greek. ... »
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Timaeus and Critias (Penguin Classics)
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Plato's Timaeus is a dialogue (more like a speech actually, since Timaeus talks uninterrupted for the last 100 pages or so) which is his explanation of the nature and purpose of the universe. He decides that a supreme being (termed God, but not the same as the Christian or Judaistic God, as he is neither omniscient nor immanent. He is there but he is... »
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Open Society and Its Enemies (Volume 1)
Popper's criticism of Marxist thought is the real payoff of the two volumes of this work. He writes with a passion that is at times overwrought - especia... »
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Reality
This is the best of Kingsley's books. His work is the most important in philosophy in the modern history of the Western world, and it is among the most im... »
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Gorgias (Penguin Classics)
I did not receive the item because they were out of stock, so I really can not rate the service. This is the first time that I have bought from this parti... »
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On the Good Life (Penguin Classics)
It's always a joy to return to the works of one Marcus Tullius Cicero. He was Rome's greatest orator, and anyone who has ever read his works can certainl... »
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