Interpreting Classical Texts

by Malcolm Heath

How should I interpret a classical text? However I interpret it, someone else will so do differently, and even the nature of the interpreter's task is a matter of dispute; consensus is not a realistic prospect. Malcolm Heath sees the inevitability of such disagreements, not as a problem to be deplored, but as a constructive force, at once an essential part of the process of enquiry and a reflection of the endless diversity of the questions that interest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715631748
• ISBN13: 9780715631744
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.4"