"This book will be of immense value to students of philosophy and literature and should interest general readers as well."—Library Journal
"An important event in the world of scholarship."—London Review of Books (on Volume 1)
"Remarkable erudition, dialectical sophistication, and good sense are at work here. The result is a readable and interesting book that is likely to be the standard work on the Symposium for a long time to come."—Robert G. Turnbull, Ohio State University