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Plato - the Last Days of Socrates
de Plato
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Acceptable
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Penguin, 1954. Paperback. Acceptable. 1954. 176 pages. Brown striped penguin cover. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Heavier to reverse side of covers. Occasional thumbing throughout and mild cracking to hinges. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Small tears and chipping, with heavy tanning and marking overall. Book is slightly curled.
Sinopsis
Plato's Symposium, written in the early part of the 4th century BC, is set at a drinking party (symposium) attended by some of the leading intellectuals of the day, including Aristophanes, the comic dramatist, Socrates, Plato's mentor, and Alcibiades, the brilliant but (eventually) treacherous politician. Each guest gives a speech in praise of the benefits of desire and its role in the good and happy human life. At the core of the work stands Socrates' praise of philosophical desire, and an argument for the superiority of the philosophical life as the best route to happiness. This edition provides an accessible and engaging new translation by M. C. Howatson, and a substantial introduction, by Frisbee Sheffield, which guides the reader through the various parts of the dialogue and reflects on its central arguments. A chronology and detailed notes on the participants help to set this enduring work in context.
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- Librería
- World of Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1620218055DPB
- Título
- Plato - the Last Days of Socrates
- Autor
- Plato
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Acceptable
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Penguin
- Fecha de publicación
- 1954
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- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
