Book Title ~ Five Dialogues Of Plat Bearing On Poetic Inspiration
Editor ~ Ernest Rhys
Introduction by ~ A.D. Lindsay
Publisher ~ J.M. Dent, London; E.P. Dutton & Co., New York.
Series ~ No. 456 of Everyman's Library.
© Date ~ 1910, 1920.
Cover ~ Burgundy leather hardcover with gilt decoration on the front cover and gilt decoration and lettering on the spine.
Number of Pages ~ 277 gilt top edge pages.
Illustrated ~ Illustrated endpapers, otherwise no illustrations.
Book measures about ~ 6 3/4 inches X 4 3/8 inches X 3/4 inch.
Condition ~ Very Good. There is some very minor cover edgewear (mostly on the top of the spine and on the cover corners). There is a bookplate from a previous owner on the inside front cover. Otherwise the Book is in Very Good condition! The pages ARE clean and bright!
About the Book ~
"Five Dialogues of Plato: Bearing on Poetic Inspiration collects key works exploring the divine, non~rational nature of artistic creation, often contrasting poetic "madness" with philosophical reason. It covers the Ion, Symposium, Meno, Phaedo, and Phaedrus, addressing how poetry originates from divine inspiration rather than knowledge."