Plato ; J. B. Skemp

Plato : The Statesman ; "Politicus" - TRANSLATION & INTRODUCTORY ESSAY

      Bristol. New 2003. Paperback. FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- Plato!s "Politicus" ("Statesman") stands, both in date and in political thought, between the Republic and the Laws. It presents his thoughts at the point when he was chastened by disappointment with his attempts to put theory into practice at Syracuse. The dialogue reflects contemporary controversies on the method of definition; but its logical exercises and the impressive !myth! of the two cosmic eras serve to bring out its essential political teaching. This volume contains the text in translation. In this second edition, revised by the author for BCP in 1987, Skemp made corrections to his extensive introduction and running commentary, and added a new appendix taking into account scholarship since the first (1952) edition. -- TABLE OF CONTENTS: FOREWORD Page 7 * INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. Pages 13-111 * A. HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL * QUESTIONS. Page 13 * I. DATE OF COMPOSITION OF * DIALOGUE Page 13 * II. GENERAL SCOPE OF * DIALOGUE Page 18 * III. THE PLACE OF THE DIALOGUE * IN ITS GROUP Page 20 * IV. THE PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE * & ITS DRMATIC DATE Page 22 * V. THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLATO'S * POLITICAL THOUGHT Page 26 * B. PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS. Page 66 * C. INTRODUCTION TO THE MYTH. Page 82 * SYNOPSIS OF THE DIALOGUE Page 113 * TRANSLATION AND FOOTNOTES Pages 119-235 .