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Asking For Plato's Forgiveness. Floyer Sydenham: A Platonic Visionary Of 18th-Century Britain, Kyriakos N. Demetriou
Asking For Plato's Forgiveness. Floyer Sydenham: A Platonic Visionary Of 18th-Century Britain, Kyriakos N. Demetriou
Kyriakos N. Demetriou
Floyer Sydenham (1710–1787), the eminent British Platonist, has been unduly neglected in the interpretative historiography of the modern Platonic tradition. Amid a climate of indifference, he set out to offer the first complete English translation of the Platonic dialogues, begging for subscriptions that never materialized. He died in debtors’ prison on April 1, 1787. Between 1759 and 1780 he managed to translate nine dialogues incorporating a large number of explanatory notes and linguistic emendations to the existing texts. Set in the context of the intellectual and discursive tradition of the era, Sydenham’s Platonism expanded on Lord Shaftesbury’s teleological views of …
Classics In The Nineteenth Century, Kyriakos N. Demetriou
Classics In The Nineteenth Century, Kyriakos N. Demetriou
Kyriakos N. Demetriou
This set comprises the first comprehensive collection of reviews, essays, and articles on George Grote''s writing. It offers a revealing picture of Victorian scholars and their understanding of classical antiquity, and is an indispensable primary source on the reception of Grote in Britain and America. Each volume is prefaced by a lenghty and informative introduction.