Plato Unmasked: The Dialogues Made New de Plato; Translator-Keith Quincy - 2004-02

University of Washington Press. Used - Good. ATTN: EX-LIBRARY COPY>>>> Former Library book. hardcover This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly.

Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.: Eastern Washington Univ Pr. As New/As New. 2003. Probable First Edition. Cloth Hardback. 0910055904 559pp including index Map endpapers A new translation of Plato by the author .

Eastern Washington University Press, 2003. 1st printing. A crisp and unmarked copy, NF/NF. Full cloth binding. 559pp. Jacket now in a new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Spokane, Washington, U.S.A.: Eastern Washington Univ Pr. New. 2004. Hardcover. 0910055904 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, NEVER OPENED 559 pages -- A daring translator, Quincy gives the most acclaimed of ancient thinkers a saucy new voice: colloquial, pungent, and terse. Animated by a new tone, the characters in Plato's classic dialogues speak with vernacular directness as they ask Socrates why he is "always hanging around" or as they complain that he's "driving [them] nuts." But even as he gives Plato's characters license to speak in casual idioms, Quincy trims their speeches, abridging dialogues he judges verbose. As if such tampering with Plato's words weren't enough to scandalize traditionalists, Quincy supplements the chronologically arranged dialogues with historical notes that cast unflattering shadows on the Greek… Leer más