{"product_id":"protagoras-and-meno-1","title":"\"Protagoras\" and \"Meno\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe overall value of Bartlett's translation is very high. The footnotes are extraordinarily helpful; the prose is clear and readable; and the interpretive essays will surely prove to be an excellent source of classroom discussion. This volume is a welcome addition to Plato scholarship.\u003c\/b\u003e―Edward Moore, St. Elias School of Orthodox Theology, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume contains new translations of two dialogues of Plato, the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProtagoras\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, together with explanatory notes and substantial interpretive essays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert C. Bartlett's translations are as literal as is compatible with sound English style and take into account important textual variations. Because the interpretive essays both sketch the general outlines of the dialogues and take up specific theoretical or philosophic difficulties, they will be of interest not only to those reading the dialogues for the first time but also to those already familiar with them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProtagoras\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e are linked by the attention each pays to the idea of virtue: the latter dialogue focuses on the fundamental Socratic question, \"What is virtue?\"; the former on the specific virtue of courage, especially in its relation to wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn appendix contains a short extract from Xenophon's \u003ci\u003eAnabasis of Cyrus\u003c\/i\u003e that vividly portrays the figure of Meno.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54242304819544,"sku":"9780801488658","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780801488658_a846449c-4d55-4929-8705-cb0a7c2d21ba.jpg?v=1780398956","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/protagoras-and-meno-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}