Protagoras and Meno

Plato, Lesley Brown, Adam Beresford

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Penguin
05 December 2005

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Philosophy; Penguin Black Classics

This edition includes a list of suggestions for further reading, a glossary of important philosophical words and phrases, notes

Exploring the question of what exactly makes good people good, Protagoras and Meno are two of the most enjoyable and accessible of all of Plato's dialogues. Widely regarded as his finest dramatic work, the Protagoras, set during the golden age of Pericles, pits a youthful Socrates against the revered sophist Protagoras, whose brilliance and humanity make him one the most interesting and likeable of Socrates' philosophical opponents, and turns their encounter into a genuine and lively battle of minds. The Meno sees an older but ever ironic Socrates humbling a proud young aristocrat as they search for a clear understanding of what it is to be a good man, and setting out the startling idea that all human learning may be the recovery of knowledge already possessed by our immortal souls.

By: Plato
Introduction by: Lesley Brown
Translated by: Adam Beresford
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 224mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 160g
ISBN: 9780140449037
ISBN 10: 0140449035
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 December 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

As the father of Western philosophy, who transformed Greek thought with his questioning insights into life and ethics, Socrates (470-399 bc) was a powerful inspiration - and major irritant - to the Athenians of his day. After his trial and execution on charges of heresy and the corruption of young minds, his greatest pupil Plato (c. 427-347 bc) wrote a series of dialogues as an act of homage. Lesley Brown is Centenary Fellow in Philosophy at Somerville College, Oxford, and the author of numerous articles and book chapters on Plato and Aristotle.