Reason and Persuasion Reason and Persuasion

Reason and Persuasion

Three Dialogues By Plato: Euthyphro, Meno, Republic Book I

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Publisher Description

Three complete Plato dialogues - Euthyphro, Meno, Republic Book I - in a fresh English translation, with extensive commentary and original illustrations. "Reason and Persuasion" is suitable as an introductory textbook or for more advanced students of Plato and philosophy. The fourth edition is substantially revised, extended and improved.


"There is no dearth of textbooks offering an introduction to Plato's thought, but Holbo's stands apart in the scope of its introductory material and its user-friendly style ... The colloquial yet accurate translation by Belle Waring serves to reduce the distance between the student and the world of the dialogues ... Holbo's commentaries on these three dialogues serve to situate them both as individual works and also as parts of Plato's overall project of showing the problems of persuasion divorced from reason. Rather than taking a strictly scholarly approach the author has made clear the relevance of these texts for questions even non-philosophers should find worth asking. For instructors seeking an introductory text for first time readers of Plato, Holbo's book is worthy of consideration." 

Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (review of the 3rd edition)

  • GENRE
    Nonfiction
    RELEASED
    2016
    November 1
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    383
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    John Holbo
    SELLER
    John Holbo
    SIZE
    66.8
    MB
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