PLATO
PHAEDON
Translated, with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by WŁADYSŁAW WITWICKI
Lviv-Warsaw 1925, Książnica Polska, p. 189 [1]; two-color title page, colored initials; numerous illustrative vignettes depicting genre scenes from the period;
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Numbered piece no. 448
Plato, Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn (born 427 BCE, probably in Athens; according to some sources, on the island of Aegina; died 347 BCE in Athens) (other sources state that he lived from 428 to 348 BCE) – Greek philosopher. He was the founder of a philosophical system now known as Platonic idealism. He was a student of Socrates.
Witwicki was an expert on ancient culture and the author of a translation—outstanding in literary merit and deeply rooted in Polish culture—of nearly all of Plato’s works (with commentaries). In 1909, the first of Plato’s translated dialogues (The Symposium) was published. Witwicki devoted himself to translating and annotating Plato’s works until the end of his life. These translations, despite not being intended for specialists in philosophy or philology, are considered excellent in terms of psychological realism, vividness, accessibility, imagery, and concreteness.
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