Eva Brann,Peter KalkavageandEric Salemare Tutors at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. They have translated Plato'sSymposiumor Drinking Party,Sophist,PhaedoandStatesmanfor Focus. Peter Kalkavage has also translated Plato'sTimaeus, now in a second edition.
"This trio from St. John’s has produced the most high-fidelity
English translation of the Meno available. The
Introduction offers a no-nonsense summary of the dialogue, and
ample footnotes alert the reader to important Greek terms, while
also situating significant claims in their historical context as
well as in the context of Plato’s larger corpus. The Glossary
helpfully places the focus on core philosophical concepts, and the
Select Bibliography makes for a manageable introduction to some of
the standard scholarship. This volume is an all-around
success."
—Charles Ives, University of Washington
“This gem of a dialogue is elegantly rendered into English,
masterfully achieving the twin goals of illuminating the Greek and
speaking to a modern audience. In its fifth translation of a
Platonic dialogue, the team of Brann, Kalkavage, and Salem is at
the top of its craft, bringing alive this important Platonic
dialogue in search of a definition of virtue.”
—Stephen Scully, Boston University
"The translation stays close to the Greek while remaining clear and
lively, allowing the reader to become absorbed in the drama without
losing any of the provocative details of the original. The notes
provide new and experienced readers with powerful tools for better
appreciating both the task of the translator and the drama of the
exchange between the characters. This is a first-rate volume for
engaging each of the themes raised in the Meno while
offering help pulling them all together. It is an excellent point
of entry into Platonic dialogues and into philosophy generally, in
fine Socratic spirit."
—Eric Sanday, University of Kentucky
"The appearance of a new translation of a Platonic dialogue by Eva
Brann, Peter Kalkavage, and Eric Salem for the Focus Philosophical
Library is always exciting, and this edition of
the Meno does not disappoint. The translation is highly
praiseworthy for its fidelity and lucidity, accurately capturing
the vocabulary of the Greek while presenting the text in an
engaging, colloquial form that places it among the best English
translations of Plato. The book’s value is increased by an
authoritative but concise introductory overview of the dialogue,
extensive historical and linguistic footnotes, and detailed
geometric diagrams set directly within the text, rather than in an
appendix. These virtues, along with its affordable cost, make this
edition a must-have for scholars and an excellent choice for
teaching at all levels."
—Colin C. Smith, Pennsylvania State University, in Bryn Mawr
Classical Review
“As one would expect from the team of Brann, Kalkavage and Salem,
their edition of Plato's Meno is a fine one. The
translation meets their stated goal of remaining 'as faithful as
possible to the Greek, while using lively, colloquial English.'
Their notes are consistently helpful and will be particularly
useful to those readers willing to explore the nuances of Plato's
extraordinary prose. Their introduction is clear and compact, and
it highlights the most philosophically important themes of the
dialogue. One particularly useful feature of this edition is the
manner in which it displays the diagrams Socrates draws in order to
illustrate his famous 'square within a square.' Instead of
relegating them to the notes, it integrates them into the text of
the dialogue itself. Readers are able to follow along, and 'watch'
Socrates actually construct them."
—David Roochnik, Boston University
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