Plato : Sophist: The Professor of Wisdom (Focus Philosophical Library)

This is an English translation of Plato presenting a new conception of the Theory of Forms. Socrates and others discuss the epistemological and metaphysical puzzles of the Parmenides, with aims to define the meaning of the Sophist. The glossary of key terms is a unique addition to Platonic literature by which concepts central to each dialogue are discussed and cross-referenced as to their occurrences throughout the work. In such a way students are encouraged to see beyond the words into concepts. Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Plato’s immediate audience. Cover 1 The Focus Philosophical Library 4 Title page 4 Copyright page 6 Contents 7 Introduction 8 The Projected Trilogy 9 The Plot 10 Real-Life Sophists and the Sophist's Kind 11 Father Parmenides 12 The Way of Division 14 The Interweaving of Forms and Kinds 17 Images and Non-Being 18 Non-Being as Otherness 19 A Note on Typography 22 The Sophist 23 Glossary 93 Bibliography 101 Back cover 102 With Translation, Introduction And Glossary, Eva Brann, Peter Kalkavage, Eric Salem. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 93).