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Gorgias by Plato
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Taking the form of a dialogue among Socrates, Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles, the Gorgias debates crucial questions about the nature of government. While the aspiring politician Callicles propounds the view that might is right, and the rhetorician Gorgias argues that oratory and the power to persuade rep ...Show more
Phaedrus by Plato
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Phaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato's most profound and beautiful works. It takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially homoerotic love. This new translation is accompanied by an introduction, further reading, and full notes on the ...Show more
Philebus by PLATO
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Category: Classics
Robin Waterfield’s translation conveys the intensity and humour of Plato’s original dialogue Taking the form of a discussion between the hedonist Philebus, his naive disciple Protarchus and Socrates, Philebus is a compelling consideration of the popular belief that pleasure is the greatest attainable go ...Show more
Protagoras And Meno by Plato
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Category: Classics
Exploring the question of what exactly makes good people good, Protagoras and Meno are two of the most enjoyable and accessible of all of Plato's dialogues. Widely regarded as his finest dramatic work, the Protagoras, set during the golden age of Pericles, pits a youthful Socrates against the revered so ...Show more
Republic by Plato .
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Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics
Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Essentially an inquiry into morality, Republic also contains crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy. It is also a literary masterpiece: the philosophy is presented for the most part for the ordinary ...Show more
Republic by Plato
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- The Republic (Politeia; Latin: De Re Publica) is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning the definition of justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the just man-for this reason, ancient readers used the name ...Show more
Socrates' Defence: Penguin Little Black Classics No. 52 by Plato
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Category: Classics | Series: Little Black Classics
'I'll stop doing it as soon as I understand what I'm doing.' Somewhere between a historical account and work of philosophy, Socrates' Defence details the final plea of Plato's beloved mentor. Sentenced to death for corrupting the youth of ancient Athens, Socrates, Plato's teacher, founded western philo ...Show more
The Collected Dialogues of Plato - Including the Letters by Plato; Edith Hamilton (ed.); Huntington Cairns (ed.)
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Category: New Hardbacks | Series: Bollingen Series LXXI | Reading Level: very good
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 fro ...Show more
The Last Days of Socrates - Plato: Translated by Christopher Rowe - Penguin Classics by Plato
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
"Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just" Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC) is a significant moment in Classical literature and the life of Classical Athens. In these four dialogues, Plato develops the Socratic belief in responsibili ...Show more
The Laws by PLATO
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Category: Classics
In the Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a small agricultural utopia he named Magnesia. His laws not only govern crime and punishment, but also form a code of conduct for all aspects of life in his ideal state - from education, sport and religion to sex ...Show more
The Republic by Plato
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Reading Level: good-very good
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 enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation other questions ar ...Show more
The Republic by Plato
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Classics S.
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 individual within it. During the conversation other questions ar ...Show more