| Hippias Minor or the Art of Cunning: A New Translation of Plato's Most Controversial Dialogue Contributor(s): Chan, Paul (Editor), Fletcher, Richard (Editor), Marta, Karen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 193644089X ISBN-13: 9781936440894 Publisher: Badlands Unlimited OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 184 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.40 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of Plato's most controversial dialogues, Hippias Minor details Socrates' claims that there is no difference between a person who tells the truth and one who lies, and that the good man is the one who willingly makes mistakes and does wrong. But what if Socrates wasn't merely championing the act of lying--as the dialogue has been traditionally interpreted--but, rather, advocating the power of the creative act? In this new translation by Sarah Ruden, Hippias Minor is rendered anew as a provocative dialogue about how art is a form of wrongdoing. The accompanying introduction by artist Paul Chan and essay by classicist Richard Fletcher argue that an understanding of the dialogue makes life more ethical by paradoxically teaching one to be more cunning.--Dr. Kurt Lampe "University of Bristol" |