{"product_id":"platos-euthyphro-the-trial-of-meletus-paperback","title":"Plato's Euthyphro: The Trial of Meletus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey C. Kalb  Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Kalb's commentary on Plato's \u003ci\u003eEuthyphro\u003c\/i\u003e aims to simultaneously correct philosophical misapprehensions about the dialogue and establish its literary place and value. In addition to the active and passive voices of English and other Western languages, Ancient Greek possessed a middle voice. The famous \"\u003ci\u003eEuthyphro\u003c\/i\u003e Dilemma,\" so called, is really based upon an equivocation between the passive and middle voice, one that cannot be rendered in English. Plato, in this supposedly early dialogue, solves metaphysically a key difficulty in the theory of Ideas presented in \u003ci\u003eParmenides\u003c\/i\u003e, a supposedly late dialogue. This shows the division of Plato's dialogues into early, middle, and late periods to be based upon a simple misunderstanding of his doctrine. Moreover, it sheds great light upon Plato's doctrine of the soul. \u003ci\u003eEuthyphro \u003c\/i\u003edraws upon Greek epic and tragedy, especially \u003ci\u003eOedipus the King\u003c\/i\u003e. However, the full meaning and value of \u003ci\u003eEuthyphro\u003c\/i\u003e only becomes apparent in the context of his whole corpus of dialogues. As always, Plato makes serious demands upon his reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 138\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52701055058227,"sku":"9798986626208","price":23.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WlRoMGU2QmFxSkd6ZHhRL3pLTng3Zz09.webp?v=1763258507","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/platos-euthyphro-the-trial-of-meletus-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}