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Although Plato had been Aristotle's teacher, most of Plato's writings were not translated into Latin until over 200 years after Aristotle. [7] In the Middle Ages, the only book of Plato in general circulation was the first part of the dialogue Timaeus (to 53c), as a translation, with commentary, by Calcidius (or Chalcidius). [7]
The traditional division of the works of Plato into tetralogies was done by Thrasyllus of Mendes. [6] The list includes works of doubtful authenticity (in italic), as well as the Letters. 1st tetralogy Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo; 2nd tetralogy Cratylus, Theatetus, Sophist, Statesman; 3rd tetralogy Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus
The text of Plato as received today apparently represents the complete written philosophical work of Plato, based on the first century AD arrangement of Thrasyllus of Mendes. [88] [89] The modern standard complete English edition is the 1997 Hackett Plato: Complete Works, edited by John M. Cooper. [90] [91]
Plato's Dialogues were translated in 1578 by Jean de Serres and edited by Henri Estienne, image of copy owned by John Adams (1735–1826), second President of the United States. In 1578 he published the first and one of the most important editions of the complete works of Plato, translated by Jean de Serres, with commentary.
A partial translation and commentary in Latin of Plato's Timaeus by Calcidius was significant for being the only substantial work of Plato known to scholars in the Latin west for approximately 800 years. [6] The best commentaries date from this era; most of the works of Proclus are commentaries on single dialogues of Plato and similar subjects. [7]
(October 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the German article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate , is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy ...
As early as 1809, the influential Plato translator Friedrich Schleiermacher noted in the introduction to the first edition of his translation: “This dialogue has always been considered one of the most important, but also one of the hardest among the works of Plato.” [26] However, recent research has emphasized the well thought-out structure ...
The Symposium of Plato The Fourth Gospel and the Logos-Doctrine Robert Gregg Bury (22 March 1869 – 11 February 1951) was an Irish clergyman, classicist , philologist , and a translator of the works of Plato and Sextus Empiricus into English.