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Is this a worthy translation of Plato's complete works?

>> No.17512553

>not Jowett
into the trash it goes

>> No.17512659

>>17512521
Yes

>> No.17512664

>>17512521
Yes

>> No.17512702

So which one do i get? the Jowett or this one?

>> No.17512718

>>17512702
whichever is cheaper

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>>17512553

>> No.17513163

>>17512702
>>17512553
People hated on jowett but he's seeming more based the more i read him.

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>>17512521
Does this contain an introductory dissertation, translator notes, adjacent source text, line-by-line commentaries, supplementary essays, and a convenient glossary, with a list of recommended further reading, all neatly binded in a limited edition leather deluxe cover? Asking for a friend.

>> No.17513176

>>17512702
Chad Victorian Jowett over the virgin modern pseuds

>> No.17513258

I see a lot of people bitch about the price but its a very well made book and a good translation.

>> No.17513267

>>17512521
Yes. I have some quibbles but overall it's the best you can get.

>>17513173
no

>> No.17513485

>>17513267
>no
Unconscionable desu.

>> No.17513503 [DELETED] 

>>17513163
>It's the only patrician choice.

>> No.17513518

>>17513163
It's the only patrician choice.

>> No.17513535

>>17513173
Aside from the leather cover; why would you want any of that?