tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977100651062963844.post1321283576139091675..comments2024-03-28T12:31:13.509-05:00Comments on Throne, Altar, Liberty: Justice and VengeanceGerry T. Nealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12137796641408373451noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977100651062963844.post-15050688899278859772011-02-21T00:49:26.570-06:002011-02-21T00:49:26.570-06:00You're welcome. I have read each of Plato'...You're welcome. I have read each of Plato's dialogues in English translation at least once, some several times over. Of the ones mentioned in this essay, for example, I have read The Republic and Symposium several times. The Charmides, Laches, Lysis, and Gorgias I have only read one time each so far. The dialogue I have read most of all of Plato's dialogues is the Apologia of Socrates. Usually, but not always, the translation is Benjamin Jowett's. I hope to read Plato in Greek one day. The ancient Greek I studied in college was Koine, the dialect of the New Testament. That is insufficient for Plato and I have been slowing working at learning Attic. I have consulted secondary texts from time to time, but my preferred study tool is a translation in a good critical edition with extensive notes.Gerry T. Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137796641408373451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977100651062963844.post-48683845854784154982011-02-20T05:12:55.858-06:002011-02-20T05:12:55.858-06:00If you keep offering posts as magnificent as this ...If you keep offering posts as magnificent as this one, I might be forced to start reading Plato, just to keep up.<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Have you read all of Plato's dialogues, or just a sampling? Do you work from secondary texts, such as a modern introduction to Plato in context, or something like that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com