Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters

PLATO: The Collected Dialogues Edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in a single volume-the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. A comprehensive index is included. The editors set out to choose this collected edition from the work of all the best British and American translators of the last century, ranging from Jowett, the first edition of whose complete Plato appeared in 1871, to scholars of the present day. The contents are as follows: LANE COOPER: Euthyphro * Ion F. M. CORNFORD: Theaetetus * Parmenides * Sophist W. K. C. GUTHRIE: Protagoras * Meno R. HACKFORTH: Phaedrus * Philebus MICHAEL JOYCE: Symposium BENJAMIN JOWETT: Charmides * Laches * Menexenus Lesser Hippias * Cratyhts * Timaeus * Greater Hippias L. A. POST: Letters W. H. D. ROUSE: Euthydemus PAUL SHOREY: Republic J. B. SKEMP: Statesman A. E. TAYLOR: Critias * Laws * Epinomis HUGH TREDENNICK: Apology * Crito * Phaedo W. D. WOODHEAD: Gorgias J. WRIGHT: Lysis The volume also contains editorial notes prefacing each dialogue, by Edith Hamilton, and an introductory essay on Plato's philosophy and writings, by Huntington Cairns. In the index, ample cross references are provided in order to assist the reader with the philosophical vocabulary of the different translators.Hamilton, Edith is the author of 'Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters', published 2005 under ISBN 9780691097183 and ISBN 0691097186.