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Parmenides

Παρμενίδης

Traditionally dated to Plato’s late period.

The aged Parmenides examines the young Socrates’ theory of Forms and demonstrates the perplexities of the One.

This edition presents the original Greek (Burnet (OCT, 1901)) side by side with an English translation (H. N. Fowler) — with click-to-parse morphology, dictionary entries, and exact Stephanus citation. 41 pages.

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Greek text & translations

Greek: J. Burnet, ed. Platonis opera, vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1901 (repr. 1967).
Translation: H. N. Fowler (Loeb, 1926).
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