Plato's Parmenides - Focus Publishing

F o c u s P h i l o s o p h i c a l L i b r a r yPlato’sParmenidesTranslation and introductionAlbert Keith WhitakerAlbert Keith Whitaker, Series Editor

The Focus Philosophical LibraryPlato’s Sophist • E. Brann, P. Kalkavage, E. Salem • 1996Plato’s Parmenides • Albert Keith Whitaker • 1996Plato’s Symposium • Avi Sharon • 1998Plato’s Phaedo • E. Brann, P. Kalkavage, E. Salem • 1998Plato’s Republic • Joe Sachs • 2007Empire and the Ends of Politics • S. D. Collins and D. Stauffer • 1999Four Island Utopias • D Clay, A. Purvis • 1999Plato’s Timaeus • P. Kalkavage • 2001Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics • Joe Sachs • 2002Hegel’s The Philosophy of Right • Alan White • 2002Socrates and Alcibiades: Four Texts • David M. Johnson • 2003Plato’s Phaedrus • Stephen Scully • 2003Plato’s Meno • George Anastaplo and Laurence Berns • 2004Spinoza’s Theologico-Political Treatise • Martin Yaffe • 2004Plato’s Theaetetus • Joe Sachs • 2004Aristotle: Poetics • Joe Sachs • 2005Copyright © 1996 by Albert Keith WhitakerCover Design: Catherine DrippsISBN 10: 0-941051-96-XISBN 13: 978-0-941051-96-5This book is published by Focus Publishing, R. Pullins Company, POBox 369, Newburyport MA 01950. All rights are reserved. No part of thispublication may be produced on stage or otherwise performed, reproduced,stored in a retrieval system, transmitted by any means, electronic,mechanical, by photocopying, recording, or by any other media or meanswithout the prior written permission of the publisher.10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 21006TS

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