On Beauty and Measure

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<p><i>On Beauty and Measure</i> features renowned philosopher John Sallis' commentaries on Plato's dialogues the<i>Symposium</i> and the<i> Statesman</i>. Drawn from two lecture courses delivered by Sallis, they represent his longest and most sustained engagement to date with either work.</p><p>Brilliantly original, Sallis's close readings of Plato's dialogues are grounded in the original passages and also illuminate the overarching themes that drive the dialogues.</p>

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<p></p><p>John Sallis is Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He is author of more than twenty books, including<i>Chorology</i>,<i>Songs of Nature</i>, and<i>Kant and the Spirit of Critique</i>.</p><p>S. Montgomery Ewegen is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Trinity College. He is author of<i>The Way of the Platonic Socrates</i> and<i>Plato's Cratylus: The Comedy of Language</i>.</p><p></p>

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