the foundations of Western philosophy

A handsome set of Plato's Dialogues in English, translated with notes and introductory essays by the Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford, Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893).

The third and last edition of the Socratic Dialogues published by Jowett prior to his death the following year, comprising 29 works including the Republic, Phaedo, Apology, Crito, Symposium, Euthyphro, Gorgias, Charmides, Lysis, Laches, Protagoras, Euthydemus, Cratylus, Phaedrus, Ion, Meno, Hippias Minor, Alcibiades I & II, Menexenus, Eryxias, Timaeus, Critias, Parmenides, Theatetus, Sophist, Statesman, Philebus, and Laws.

Third edition; 5 vols; 8vo (23.5 x 16 cm); minor spotting, mostly affecting endpapers; contemporary half blue morocco for Sotherans, marbled boards, gilt spines in 6 banded compartments, top-edges gilt, slight spotting and wear to covers, spines a little faded, very good; xxxvii, [3], 594; [6], 576; [7], ccxxxi, [1], 543, [1]; [6], 645, [1]; ccxxxviii, [2], 541, [1]pp.