Phaedon, or On the Immortality of the Soul
This is the first modern translation of Moses Mendelssohn's classic work of 1767, the Phädon. It includes Mendelssohn's own introduction and appendix, as well as footnotes and explanatory introduction by David Shavin. (Charles Cullen's translation of 1789 is the only other extant translation.) The modern Socrates of the German classical period, Mendelssohn has created a beautiful translation and elaboration of Plato's Phädo led to a revolution in thought, and a subsequent renaissance in Germany. The debt of the German classical period to ancient Greece is embodied in Mendelssohn's Phädon, as is the promise of the American Revolution. The tran…
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Weitere Autoren: Noble, Patricia (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8204-9529-3
- EAN: 9780820495293
- Produktnummer: 14574776
- Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 185 S.
- Masse: H15.4 cm x B23.8 cm x D1.0 cm 272 g
- Gewicht: 272
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
The Translator: Patricia Noble, a member of the Schiller Institute since its founding in 1984, is a student and a researcher of the German Classical Period and its relationship to the ancient Greeks. She has published a translation of Wilhelm von Humboldt's essay On the Greek Ideal from German, as well as articles on the Iliad and other Greek themes. Introduction: David Shavin is a historical researcher for the Schiller Institute. He has written articles on Moses Mendelssohn, Gottfried Leibniz, Benjamin Franklin, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as a translation of Solon's The Constitutional Order from ancient Greek. His weekly seminar, centered on dramatic readings of Plato's dialogues, is now in its eighth year.
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