Scrinium Classical Antiquity

OSSEWEIJER, F.M., Plato's Laches tussen Apologie en Epistulae VII. Private presses, 1998. IX,288p. Theses. Paperback. Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Leiden. € 26.50 (Antiquarian)

BEGEMANN, A.W., Plato's Lysis. Onderzoek naar de Plaats van den Dialoog in het Oeuvre. Buyten&Schipperheijn, Amsterdam, 1960. 541p. Theses. Cloth. Diss. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

BEGEMANN, A.W., Plato's Lysis. Onderzoek naar de Plaats van den Dialoog in het Oeuvre. With a Summary in English. Buyten&Schipperheijn, Amsterdam, 1960. 541p. Theses. Sewn. Lower corner a bit dog's eared. Diss. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. € 14.00 (Antiquarian)

ALLEN, R.E., (ed.), Plato's Metaphysics. Routledge&KeganPaul, London/NewYork, 1968. 3rd impr. XII,452p. Cloth wrps. € 55.50 (Antiquarian)

PARTEE, M.H., Plato's Poetics. The Authority of Beauty. University Press Utah, Salt Lake City, 1981. XII,223p. Cloth wrps.Plato, a master poet himself and of all philosophers one of the greatest lovers of poetry, struggles mightily with the seductive Muse - then banishes her fro mhis ideal Republic. Beauty in language presents a danger, for words are the only means by which we can communicate ideas, And Plato is too concerned with the substance lying behind his words to trust any human means of expression. His struggle with poetry has produced one of the most important statements of aesthetics in the history of Western culture. Plato's Poetics nevertheless have never been fully outlined and he has thus never assumed his proper role in the tradition of literary criticism. Partee offers a unified and cogent discussion op Plato's efforts to reconcile his magnificent poetic power and his love of poetry with his commitment to unyieliding philosophical integrity. € 37.00 (Antiquarian)

KERSTENS, J., E. RUYS, a.o., Plato's Probleem. Een inleiding in de generatieve taalkunde. Coutinho, Bussum, 1997. V,253p. Paperback. Iedereen spreekt zijn moedertaal, iedereen kent z'n moedertaal. Maar wat ken je eigenlijk, als je je moedertaal kent? En hoe ben je aan die kennis gekomen? Eén ding is zeker: niemand heeft je die kennis bijgebracht. De filosoof Plato zou gezegd hebben dat je je die kennis herinnert uit een andere, eerdere wereld. Volgens de linguïst Noam Chomsky is die 'andere wereld' de wereld van de genen, waar vast ligt wat we kunnen kennen en hoe we aan die kennis kunnen komen. Wat we kennen is dus grotendeels aangeboren. Taalkundigen onderzoeken aangeboren taalkennis, de genetische blauwdruk van onze moedertaal. Dit boek gaat over hun onderzoek, toegespitst op het Nederlands. De lezer krijgt inzicht in de regels van het Nederlands, in de genetische basis daarvan, en in de manier waarop taal zich ontwikkelt tot de taal van de volwassen moedertaalspreker. De auteurs behandelen de deelgebieden syntaxis, fonologie, morfologie en semantiek en gaan bovendien in op taalverandering. Deze inleiding laat de lezer niet alleen de vondsten van de generatieve taalkunde zien, maar ook de vindplaatsen en de manier waarop taalkundigen te werk gaan bij hun onderzoek. Het laat de lezer meebeleven en zelf ervaren wat het inhoudt taalkundig onderzoek te doen. (Publisher's information). € 8.00 (Antiquarian)

RYLE, G., Plato's Progress. University Press, Cambridge, 1966. VIII,311p. Cloth wrps. Name on free endpaper. 'This is a challenging book. Professor Ryle rejects the orthodox account of Plato's life and intellectual development and offers in its place a new and radically different version, giving fairly precise dates for the composition of all the major dialogues. (...) Since this book is essentially an historical study, its value depends on the way in which Ryle treats historical evidence, and here Ryle seems to lay himself open to three main criticisms. 1. Ryle's use of evidence is extremely scarce and uncritical. (...) 2. Ryle presents his evidence in a tendentious and dogmatic way. (...) 3. Ryle is too easily carried away by fanciful speculation that have only the flimsiest evidence to support them. This is a fundamental weakness of the book (....). Ryle has done a valuable service in reminding us that there are difficulties in the accepted account and that the evidence for it is often very slight. But the value of his reminder is sadly diminished by the irresponsible way in which he presents his own account.' (H.J. EASTERLING in The Classical Review (New Series), 1967, pp.332-36). € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

HUBBARD, B.A.F., and E.S. KARNOFSKY, Plato's Protagoras: A Socratic commentary. With a Foreword by M.F. Burnyeat. Duckworth, London, 1982. XVI,171p. Paperback. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper.From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

LEVIN, Susan B., Plato's Rivalry wit Medicine. A Struggle and Its Dissolution. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2014. XIV,299p. Hardbound with dust wrps. 'Given the increasing scholarly attention to ancient medicine and its cultural context over the past decade or so, Susan Levin’s project investigating Plato’s changing impressions of medicine and its relationship to philosophy is both important and timely. (...) 'Plato’s Rivalry with Medicine' is aimed at a broad audience, beyond scholars of ancient philosophy to bioethicists and medical historians (4; the OUP web page also includes doctors and nurses as other potential readers). Those without specific backgrounds in Plato or ancient medicine might find themselves disoriented at times by some of Levin’s more nuanced discussions; however, these instances are few, since the author takes special care to ensure the work’s accessibility, and the most dense scholarly comments are reserved for the footnotes. Key concepts and terms are defined in the body of the text, all Greek is transliterated, and both the occasional select Greek passages and individual words are translated for the reader. A robust glossary of Greek terms is included at the beginning of the work (xi-xiv), as is an index locorum to Platonic dialogues and Hippocratic treatises at the conclusion. 'Plato’s Rivalry with Medicine' is a well-argued, intellectually challenging, and edifying work that is accessible to a wide range of readers. The fresh light that it shines upon the professional location of physicians within Laws’ Magnesia is a particularly valuable contribution, made all the more so by Levin’s arguments about how Plato eventually arrived at that point. Of no less importance, though, is Levin’s demonstration of how the works of Plato - and ancient thought more broadly - can provide useful insights for exploring contemporary philosophical issues in productive ways. It is my opinion that Levin has achieved this here, and I look forward to seeing further discussion that the book promotes.' (TYSON SUKAVA in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.08.30). € 55.00 (New)

ROSEN, St., Plato's Statesman. The Web of Politics. Yale University Press, NewHaven/London, 1995. X,197p. Paperback. € 20.50 (Antiquarian)