Diálogos. Banquete, Fedro, Fedón / Dialogues: Symposium, Phaedo, Phaedrus

by Plato, Platón

El presente volumen reúne tres diálogos fundamentales de Platón; tres de sus obras más leídas y comentadas, junto a La república . En Fedón, que tiene lugar durante las últimas horas de vida de Sócrates, Platón expone sus ideas en relación a la madurez y reflexiona sobre la inmortalidad del alma.

Fedro, reconocido como uno de los diálogos platónicos más bellos, gira en torno al tema del amor. Este también se convierte en objeto de reflexión en Banquete, considerada una de las obras cumbres escritas sobre esta cuestión y en la que el diálogo se desarrolla a lo largo de una reunión de amigos e intelectuales.

Este magnífico volumen presenta la traducción clásica de Luis Gil y María Arujo. Asimismo la edición está a cargo de Fernando Pérez-Borbujo, filósofo y profesor titular en la facultad de humanidades de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

“I was gripped by the fear of being completely blind in my soul if I looked at things with my eyes.”

This volume unites three of Plato’s fundamental dialogues: three of his most read and commented works, next to The Republic. In Phaedo, which takes place during the last hours of Socrates’s life, Plato explains his ideas about maturity and reflects about immortality of the soul. Phaedrus, recognized as one of the most beautiful Platonic dialogues, revolves around the theme of love. This also becomes an object of reflection in Symposium, considered one of the written masterpieces about this topic, which takes place at a meeting of friends and intellectuals.

This magnificent book presents the classic translation by Luis Gil and María Arujo. In addition, the edition is under the care of Fernando Pérez-Borbujo, philosopher and professor of Humanities at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.

Genres: Philosophy

304 pages, Paperback

Published December 17, 2019

About the author

Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (c. 427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Plato's most famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He was decisively influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, although much of what is known about them is derived from Plato himself.
Along with his teacher Socrates, and Aristotle, his student, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy. Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years—unlike that of nearly all of his contemporaries. Although their popularity has fluctuated, they have consistently been read and studied through the ages. Through Neoplatonism, he also greatly influenced both Christian and Islamic philosophy. In modern times, Alfred North Whitehead famously said: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."

Reviews

[Pol Monclús · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magnifica edición de Fernando Pérez-Borbujo

[Mauricio Arismendi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Edición simple de los diálogos maravillosos que trascienden hasta nuestro tiempo, lugar y creencias personales