The titles included in this exceptional series gather the masterworks of some of world literature's most celebrated names. Painstaking translations from the original English, German, Greek, and Russian preserve the essence of these classics for a Spanish-speaking audience, and the books themselves are elegantly and impeccably bound, as befits the contents. Whether drama, fiction, or philosophy, these magnum opera provide windows into social and historical contexts considerably different to the present day. Plato's The ...
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The titles included in this exceptional series gather the masterworks of some of world literature's most celebrated names. Painstaking translations from the original English, German, Greek, and Russian preserve the essence of these classics for a Spanish-speaking audience, and the books themselves are elegantly and impeccably bound, as befits the contents. Whether drama, fiction, or philosophy, these magnum opera provide windows into social and historical contexts considerably different to the present day. Plato's The Republic , Gorgias , Phaedo , and The Symposium --dialogues that touch on themes of justice, rhetoric, the afterlife, and love--are gathered in this weighty tome. Los titulos incluidos en esta coleccion excepcional reunen las obras definitivas de algunos de los nombres mas celebres de la literatura mundial. Esmeradas traducciones del ingles, el frances, el aleman, el griego, el italiano y el ruso preservan la esencia de estos clasicos para una audiencia hispanohablante, y los libros mismos estan elegante e impecablemente encuadernados, tal como requieren sus contenidos. Sean obras de drama, ficcion o filosofia, estas obras maestras son ventanas a contextos sociales e historicos muy distintos a los actuales. La Republica , Gorgias , Fedon y El banquete --dialogos de Platon que abordan temas como la justicia, la retorica, la vida despues de la muerte y el amor--se reunen en este tomo importante.
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