Plato Complete WorksPlato, Benjamin Jowett
Plato Complete Works
by Plato, Benjamin Jowett · first published 2015
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…book on Schopenhauer. German Idealism/The Fate of reason by Fredrick Beiser. Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition by Glenn Magee Kant's Transcendental Idealism: An Interpretation and Defense by Allison Plato: Complete Works by John Cooper is good The Paidea series by Jaeger is amazing as is the four volume collection by Giovanni Reale if you're interested in ancient philosophies (like me) ----------- The 'phenomenological'…
on “Philosopher Bryan Magee remains wonder-struck by the ultimate questions” ↗I'm sure there are better, more recent translations, but I've read Plato: Complete Works (John Cooper) and a reasonable bit of Jowett's translations, and in my (layman's) opinion, if newer translations aren't available, Jowett's will do just fine.
on “The Odyssey by Homer, Translated by Samuel Butler” ↗…Plato's dialogues that are generally agreed to be authentic are available for free online, per the old but very readable translations of Benjamin Jowett. Everything attributed to Plato is contained in Plato Complete Works (John M. Cooper). Plato Collected Dialogues (Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns) has all of the authentic dialogues plus a few others. The Last Days of Socrates (Hugh Tredennick, I think revised by…
on “Ask HN: How do I get started in philosophy” ↗