About G.M.A Grube's translations of "Unmistakably more lucid, more accurate, more readable. Above all, they re lucidly adorned, unpretentious, and in translating Plato that counts a good deal. The prose is, as English prose, persuasive, cogent, and as eloquent as it can be without departing from the text. --William Arrowsmith
I read this for my ancient medieval theory class and it is definitely a tough read. The interlocutor dialogue can be tricky to follow. This is the type of academic reading that requires multiple reads to truly grasp the content.