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Introduction (1968)
Author’s Preface
Democritus Platonissans
Cupids Conflict
Particular Interpretation ...
Philosopher’s Devotion
Augustan Reprint Society
The General Interpretation (“Interp. Gen.”) referenced in theParticular Interpretation is not part of this text.
George Robert Guffey, University of California, LosAngeles
Maximillian E. Novak, University of California, LosAngeles
Robert Vosper, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Richard C. Boys, University of Michigan
James L. Clifford, Columbia University
Ralph Cohen, University of Virginia
Vinton A. Dearing, University of California, Los Angeles
Arthur Friedman, University of Chicago
Louis A. Landa, Princeton University
Earl Miner, University of California, Los Angeles
Samuel H. Monk, University of Minnesota
Everett T. Moore, University of California, Los Angeles
Lawrence Clark Powell, William Andrews Clark MemorialLibrary
James Sutherland, University College, London
H. T. Swedenberg, Jr., University of California, LosAngeles
Edna C. Davis, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library