{"product_id":"platos-sophist-part-ii-of-the-being-of-the-beautiful-paperback","title":"Plato's Sophist: Part II of the Being of the Beautiful - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePlato\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSeth Benardete\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheaetetus\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSophist\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eStatesman\u003c\/i\u003e are a trilogy of Platonic dialogues that show Socrates formulating his conception of philosophy as he prepares the defense for his trial. Originally published together as \u003ci\u003eThe Being of the Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, these translations can be read separately or as a trilogy. Each includes an introduction, extensive notes, and comprehensive commentary that examines the trilogy's motifs and relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Seth Benardete is one of the very few contemporary classicists who combine the highest philological competence with a subtlety and taste that approximate that of the ancients. At the same time, he as set himself the entirely modern hermeneutical task of uncovering what the ancients preferred to keep veiled, of making explicit what they indicated, and hence...of showing the naked ugliness of artificial beauty.\"--Stanley Rose, \u003ci\u003eGraduate Faculty Philosophy Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeth Benardete (1930-2001) was professor of classics at New York University. He was the author or translator of many books, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Argument of the Action, Plato's \"Laws,\" and Plato's \"Symposium,\"\u003c\/i\u003e all published by the University of Chicago Press.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 187\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9.01 x 6.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 1986\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50218313515229,"sku":"9780226670324","price":73.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/c8EWwaj-nC9780226670324.webp?v=1790211137","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/platos-sophist-part-ii-of-the-being-of-the-beautiful-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}