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Outstanding translation by leading contemporary scholars - many commissioned especially for this volume - are presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato in antiquity. In his introductory essay, John cooper gives an account of... read more
Books in This Collection
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The Apology of Socrates
by Plato (Author)(The) Apology (of Socrates) is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being a man "who corrupted the young, refused to worship the gods, and created new deities". "Apology" here has its...
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Lesser Hippias
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Protagoras
by Plato (Author)'You are going to entrust your soul to the care of a sophist. But I should be surprised if you even know what a sophist is.' In the fifth century BC professional educators, the sophists, travelled the Greek world claiming to teach success in...
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Euthydemus
by Plato (Author)Euthydemus is dialogue by Plato which satirizes what Plato presents as the logical fallacies of the Sophists. It describes a visit paid by Socrates and various youths to two brothers, Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, both of whom are prominent...
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The Republic
by Plato (Author)Plato's Republic Is Widely Acknowledged As The Cornerstone Of Western Philosophy. Presented In The Form Of A Dialogue Between Socrates And Three Different Interlocutors, It Is An Inquiry Into The Notion Of A Perfect Community And The Ideal...
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Theaetetus
by Plato (Author)Set immediately prior to the trial and execution of Socrates in 399 BC, Theaetetus shows the great philosopher considering the nature of knowledge itself, in a debate with the geometrician Theodorus and his young follower Theaetetus. Their...
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Parmenides
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The Laws of Plato
by Plato (Author)The Laws , Plato's longest dialogue, has for centuries been recognized as the most comprehensive exposition of the practical consequences of his philosophy, a necessary corrective to the more visionary and utopian Republic . In this animated...
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The First Alcibiades
by Plato (Author)Plato's "First Alcibiades" was the recognised introduction to the dialogues of Plato in late antiquity, because it addresses the important question of the nature of the self. Only by discovering this can we understand the perspective from which...
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The Seventh Letter
by Plato (Author)"The Seventh Letter is a literary and philosophical text of the mid-fourth century BC (ca. 360 BC), the authorship of which has long been disputed by classical scholars. Much contemporary scholarly opinion favors the authenticity of the...
Authors & Contributors edit
- Plato (Author)
Other Contributors:
- John M. Cooper (Editor)
- D. S. Hutchinson
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 9780872203495
Page Count: 1808
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 9780872203495
Page Count: 1808
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