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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Sauvé Meyer (, University of Pennsylvania)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.604kg ISBN: 9780199604081ISBN 10: 0199604088 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 24 September 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Outlines of Books 1-2 Book 1 Book 2 Translation Commentary Bibliography IndexReviews...up to now, readers looking for a philosophically sensitive commentary on the work in English have had nowhere to turn...Susan Sauve Meyer has begun to fill this lacuna with her excellent volume on Books I-II, a work that will put all serious students of the Laws into her considerable debt. It should also lead us to look forward eagerly to her continuation of the project in a future volume on Books III-V. * David J. Riesbeck, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online * Students of Plato will greatly benefit from this book. Indeed, anyone working on the Laws should own this . . . excellent book. In my opinion, it is currently the best English translation of Books 1 and 2 of the Laws. Meyer's book will greatly help readers sort out the various difficult and obscure passages that pervade these two books. * Nicholas R. Baima, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Meyer's will be indispensable to anyone who wants seriously to engage with the arguments of the Laws. * Richard Stalley, The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition * This is an excellent book. In my opinion, it is currently the best English translation of Books 1 and 2 of the Laws. Meyer's book will greatly help readers sort out the various difficult and obscure passages that pervade these two books. Nicholas R. Baima, Bryn Mawr Classical Review ...up to now, readers looking for a philosophically sensitive commentary on the work in English have had nowhere to turn...Susan Sauve Meyer has begun to fill this lacuna with her excellent volume on Books I-II, a work that will put all serious students of the Laws into her considerable debt. It should also lead us to look forward eagerly to her continuation of the project in a future volume on Books III-V. David J. Riesbeck, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online ...up to now, readers looking for a philosophically sensitive commentary on the work in English have had nowhere to turn...Susan Sauve Meyer has begun to fill this lacuna with her excellent volume on Books I-II, a work that will put all serious students of the Laws into her considerable debt. It should also lead us to look forward eagerly to her continuation of the project in a future volume on Books III-V. David J. Riesbeck, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online Author InformationSusan Sauvé Meyer is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. She received a B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1982 and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1987 and taught at Harvard University before joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. She specializes in Classical Greek and Hellenistic philosophy, with special interest in natural philosophy and the ethical tradition. Her publications include Aristotle on Moral Responsibility (Blackwell, 1993; reissued by OUP in 2011) and Ancient Ethics (Routledge, 2008). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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