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Plato Dialogues Collection

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* Illustrated with the original images.
* Annotated with concise introduction, including analysis of Plato's works as well as modern view on Plato's ideas.
* Original footnotes are hyperlinked for easy reference.
* The collection includes alphabetical and categorical indexes of Plato's works.
* Each book features its own active Table of Contents.
* Includes Plato's Biography.
* Includes Plato's most famous quotes.
* All Annotated Classics books are beautifully designed for easy reading and navigation on e-Readers and mobile devices.



EARLY
Apology
Charmides
Crito
Euthyphro
First Alcibiades
Hippias Major
Hippias Minor
Ion
Laches, or; Courage
Lysis, or; Friendship

TRANSITIONAL AND MIDDLE
Cratylus
Euthydemus
Gorgias
Menexenus
Meno
Phaedo
Protagoras
Symposium

LATER MIDDLE
The Republic
Phaedrus
Parmenides
Theaetetus

LATE
Clitopho
Timaeus
Critias
Sophist
Statesman
Philebus
Laws

OF DOUBTFUL
Axiochus; or On Death
Demodocus
Epinomis, or The Philosopher
Epistles
Eryxias, or On Wealth
Halcyon
Hipparchus
Minos
On Justice
On Virtue
The Rivals
Second Alcibiades
Sisyphus, or, Upon taking Counsel
Theages

BIOGRAPHY & CRITICISM
Plato Biography
Plato by Diogenes Laërtius
Plato by Elbert Hubbard
Plato; or, the Philosopher by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Plato and Platonism by Walter Pater
Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Thomas Taylor

QUOTES & ANALYSIS
Quotes
Works' Analysis

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Plato

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Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (c. 427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Plato's most famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He was decisively influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, although much of what is known about them is derived from Plato himself.
Along with his teacher Socrates, and Aristotle, his student, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy. Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years—unlike that of nearly all of his contemporaries. Although their popularity has fluctuated, they have consistently been read and studied through the ages. Through Neoplatonism, he also greatly influenced both Christian and Islamic philosophy. In modern times, Alfred North Whitehead famously said: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."

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Patiko Platono rašymo stilius - nagrinėjant būties problemas figūruoja filosofiniai ginčai ir viena per kitą persipinančios nuomonės, bet įterpta ir šiek tiek emocionalumo, dramatiškumo, net tam tikrų ironijos elementų.
Ryškiausias „Dialogų” mąstytojas ir mokytojas - Sokratas, kurio gyvenimo kelionė praeina knygos kūriniuose „Puota”, „Sokrato apologija”, „Kritonas” ir „Fedonas” - šiame Sokratas ir užbaigia savo gyvenimą labai ramiai ir šviesiai pasitikdamas mirtį. Prie giliausių apmąstymų ir privedė Sokrato mintys apie mirtį. Tie, kurie šią kūno gyvavimo pabaigą laiko blogybe, pasak Sokrato, didžiuojasi išmintimi, kurios neturi. „O apie mirtį niekas nežino nei kas ji, nei to, ar ji kartais nėra didžiausias žmogaus gėris, tuo tarpu žmonės jos bijo, tarsi žinotų, kad ji yra didžiausia blogybė. <...> Todėl nežinomo dalyko, kuris gali pasirodyti ir gėris esąs, nebijosiu ir nevengsiu labiau, negu to, kas aiškiai yra bloga.”
Įdomiai grindžiama ir sielos amžinybės idėja, kartu su kūno (kaip mums trukdančio įrankio tikriems “papuošalams” įgyti) paskirtimi. „Mūsų kūnas teikia mums aibes nepatogumų, reikalaudamas maisto, o jei aplanko dar kokios ligos, tai irgi kiekviena kliudo mums siekti esmės. Iš kūno kyla geiduliai, aistros, baimė, visokių tuščių svajonių ir gausybė netikusių įgeidžių, - todėl ne be pagrindo sakoma, jog dėl kūno mes niekados ir apie nieką negalime teisingai spręsti. Ir ne kas kita, o vien tik kūnas ir jo įgeidžiai sukelia karus, maištus ir muštynes, nes dėl visų karų kaltas noras įsigyti turtų, o įsigyti turtų mus verčia kūnas, kuriam mes vergiškai tarnaujame.”
Ačiū Platonui už užrašytus išmintingus dialogus verčiančius susimąstyti apie būties prasmę, kurios ieškoti reikia klausantis sielos, o ne kūno geidulių.
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