Plato: Complete Works

by Plato

CONTENTS:

All books translated by Benjamin Jowett


PART 1: EARLY DIALOGUES

The Apology
Crito
Charmides
Laches
Lysis
Euthyphro
Menexenus
Ion
Gorgias
Protagoras
Meno

PART 2: MIDDLE DIALOGUES

Euthydemus
Cratylus
Phaedo
Phaedrus
The Symposium
Theaetetus
Parmenides

PART 3: LATE DIALOGUES

Sophist
Statesman
Philebus
Timaeus
Critias

PART 4: THE REPUBLIC

I: Of Wealth, Justice, Moderation, and their Opposites
II: The Individual, the State, and Education
III: The Arts in Education
IV: Wealth, Poverty, and Virtue
V: On Matrimony and Philosophy
VI: The Philosophy of Government
VII: On Shadows and Realities in Education
VIII: Four Forms of Government
IX: On Wrong or Right Government, and the Pleasures of Each
X: The Recompense of Life

PART 5: THE LAWS

Books I–XII

Genres: Classics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, History

Kindle Edition

Published December 29, 2016

About the author

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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[Chad · Rating 5 out of 5]

START HERE AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT ARGUING POINTS UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT SOCRATES IS DOING AND HOW AND WHY.