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So went a bought the Hackett eddition of Plato's Complete Works recommended by meme /lit/ charts and I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed. The dust-jack is of fairly poor quality, and doesn't fit very well. The paper insides feels quite cheap. The binding itself seems alright but overall it just feels cheaply made.

Anyone else have experience with the Hackett edition? I feel as If i should've just bought the Jowett edition instead.

>> No.9812382

Kys pleb

>> No.9812500
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>>9812365
>not getting the entire Platonis Opera copied out on papyrus scrolls in the original Greek

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>hackett

>> No.9812607

>>9812365
Stop baiting. You are the meme itself.

>> No.9812712

>>9812365
The pages have words on them, do they not? who fucking cares?

>> No.9812722

>>9812365
From a scholarly perspective, it's still probably the best you're going to get. Also, of course it has to use bible paper, otherwise it couldn't fit into one volume.

>> No.9812728

>>9812722
Are the Hamilton or Jowett editions still worth getting?

>> No.9812778

>>9812365
I had the same issues. It feels very delicate. The dustcover is basically just paper, and the pages feel like they might rip if you breathe on them too hard.

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>>9812365
My copy is digital and works perfectly.

>> No.9812842

>>9812803
>My copy is digital

Oxymoron. You don't own anything.

>> No.9812858

>>9812842
Spooked retard.

>> No.9812865

>>9812803
Oh god that font.

>> No.9812882

>>9812365
>bought

you could download this and Jowett online for free, you silly faghat

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>>9812858

>> No.9812892

>>9812882
Digital books are for peasants.

>> No.9812914

>>9812365
>binding is smyth sewn
>paper is acid free
>Meant to be thin because it's about 2000 pages
>dust cover meant to come off. I think the material is buckram.
>translations are pretty good, better than of Jowett of course

Learn something about book quality. It's a fantastic edition.

>> No.9812915

What do you guys think of Reeve's version (republic)?

>> No.9812927

>>9812914
Yeah I'll admit the main gripe I have is the dust-jacket.

>> No.9813143
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>newfag redditor comes to lit
>falls for start with the greeks when they are at a John Green/Harry Potter intellectual capacity
>buys Plato Complete Works as a library piece
>"I'm a bit disappointed. The dust-jack is of fairly poor quality, and doesn't fit very well"

>>9812914
this

>> No.9813160

>>9812365
That's why you read the ebook version. I bought the hard copy but got really annoyed reading it because it has paper-thin paper that shows the previous page through

>> No.9813166

>>9812915
>not getting bloom's

3rd edition came out recently too

>> No.9813986

>>9812728
I read Jowett pretty much exclusively due to it being public domain I liked him.

>> No.9813995

>>9812803
that font is not too comfy, anon.

>> No.9814009

>>9812803
>reading in comic sans
The fuck