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The Dialogues of Plato - Sophist Plato , philosopher in Classical Greece (427-347) This ebook presents «The Dialogues of Plato - Sophist », from Plato . A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS -03- SOPHIST

The Dialogues of Plato - Philebus Plato , philosopher in Classical Greece (427-347) This ebook presents «The Dialogues of Plato - Philebus», from Plato . A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE -03- PHILEBUS

The dramatic power of the dialogues of Plato appears to diminish as the metaphysical interest of them increases (compare Introd. to the Philebus). There are no descriptions of time, place or persons, in the Sophist and Statesman, but we are plunged at once into philosophical discussions; the poetical...

Plato was a philosopher in Ancient Greece. He was an essential figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition, and he founded the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Plato's dialogues have been used to teach a range of subjects,...

This book-collection file includes all 26 dialogues: Apology, Charmides (and preface to the collection), Cratylus, Critias, Crito, Euthyphro, Euthydemus, Gorgias, Ion, Laches, Laws, Lesser Hippias, Lysis, Menexus, Meno, Parmenides, Phaedo, Phaedrus, Philebus, Protagoras, Republic, Sophist, Statesman,...

Ostensibly a discussion about love, the debate in the Phaedrus also encompasses the art of rhetoric and how it should be practised. This new edition contains an introductory essay outlining the argument of the dialogue as a whole and Plato's arguments about rhetoric and eros in particular. The Introduction...

Translated by the noted classical scholar Francis M. Cornford, this edition of two masterpieces of Plato's later period features extensive ongoing commentaries by Cornford that provide helpful background information and valuable insights. Both works pose eternal questions that keep these dialogs ever-relevant...

Plato Six Pack represents the full-range of Plato’s philosophy. Included are six of his original works - Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, The Allegory of the Cave and Symposium - and an image gallery featuring portraits of Plato, Socrates and influential Victorian translator Benjamin Jowett.

  “… And is not the love of learning the love of wisdom, which is philosophy?” —From Book 1 of Plato’s Republic. The Republic of Plato has become one of the most widely read and influential books ever written.  It is a book surpassed only by the Bible in...

'Once upon a time there were just the gods; mortal beings did not yet exist.' We are used to thinking of myths as stories, and modern myths as made up and fictitious. For the ancient Greeks, however, a myth was a story that unveiled reality, and for Plato, myth-maker as well as myth-teller, a myth...

One of the middle or transitional dialogues of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, "Gorgias" is one of his more important writings. Plato contrasts the rhetorician and the philosopher, whose differing specialties are persuasion and refutation, respectively. The famous foreign rhetorician Gorgias has...

Socrates’ ancient words are still true, and the ideas found in Plato’s Dialogues still form the foundation of a thinking person’s education. This superb collection contains excellent contemporary translations selected for their clarity and accessibility to today’s reader, as well as an incisive...

All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. The editors set out to choose the contents of this collected edition from the work of the best British and American translators of the last 100 years, ranging...

The ancient Greek philosopher Plato was born around 425 BC to an aristocratic family. He was the most famous student of Socrates and would eventually go on to form his own school, the Academy. Plato’s dialogues are among the most popular of all writings from classical antiquity. Plato wrote his dialogues...