Quote by Plato

This extensive collection presents the philosophical writings of the ancient Greek thinker Plato, translated directly into English with a distinct focus on maintaining strict fidelity to the original Greek syntax and vocabulary. The translation is heavily grounded in the foundational textual scholarship and critical editions prepared by the nineteenth-century philologist Gottfried Stallbaum. Designed to provide English-speaking audiences with a highly accurate and accessible rendering of Platonic philosophy, this edition purposefully avoids interpretive paraphrasing. Instead, it employs a precise, word-for-word translation methodology intended to preserve the exact meaning and structural integrity of the original classical texts. more