Plato's Meno

This edition of Plato's Meno has extensive preliminary chapters designed to truly enhance the reader's engagement with this ancient text.

Plato (Author), R. S. Bluck (Edited by)

9780521172288, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 17 February 2011

484 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.61 kg

This 1961 edition of Plato's Meno was originally edited by R. S. Bluck, Senior Lecturer in Greek at the University of Manchester. Its value lies in the incredibly extensive preliminary chapters provided by Bluck, designed to truly enhance the reader's engagement with this ancient text. In almost 150 pages of introductory chapters, Bluck reviews the argument of the Meno, its relation to wider philosophical and dialogues (written both before and after Plato), and summarises Plato's use of the hypothetical method in the Meno, the Phaedo and the Republic. He also provides a detailed synopsis of Plato's Meno before presenting the full Greek text, accompanied by a wide-ranging and incredibly accessible commentary. Finally, Bluck presents the reader with indices in both English and Greek, ensuring that this volume remains an endlessly rewarding reference and research work.

Preface
Introduction
1. The argument of the Meno
2. 'Recollection' in other dialogues
3. Transmigration and 'recollection' before Plato
4. The hypothetical method
5. The date of the Meno
6. The setting and the characters
7. The evidence for the text
Text
commentary
Appendix
Select bibliography
Indices.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]