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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Plato's ambitious dialogue Timaeus and the unfinished Critias were meant to be part of a trilogy that would outline a proper and sufficiently detailed natural philosophy and cosmology. The Timaeus is Plato's spirited response to the cosmogony and physics of the "atheist" Atomist philosophers Leucippus and Democritus. The Critias presents what might be a famous Platonic...
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Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Plato: Apology; Charmides; Cratylus; Critias; Crito; Euthydemus; Euthyphro; Gorgias; Ion; Laches; Laws; Lysis; Menexenus; Meno; Parmenides; Phaedo; Phaedrus; Philebus; Protagoras; Plato's Republic; Sophist; Statesman; Symposium; Theaetetus; Timaeus.
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Here in one book are the four classic accounts of the trial and death of Socrates. Here in one book are the four classic accounts of the trial and death of Socrates.
Here in one book are the four classic accounts of the trial and death of Socrates. Here in one book are the four classic accounts of the trial and death of Socrates.
5) Timaeus
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Of all the writings of Plato the Timaeus is the most obscure and repulsive to the modern reader, and has nevertheless had the greatest influence over the ancient and mediaeval world. The obscurity arises in the infancy of physical science, out of the confusion of theological, mathematical, and physiological notions, out of the desire to conceive the whole of nature without any adequate knowledge of the parts, and from a greater perception of similarities...
6) Gorgias
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One of the middle or transitional dialogues of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, "Gorgias" depicts a dinner gathering attended by Socrates and a group of sophists. Gorgias, a foreigner, has been drawn to Athens by its cultural and intellectual sophistication. In this dialogue Plato contrasts Gorgias, the rhetorician, with Socrates, the philosopher, whose differing specialties are persuasion and refutation, respectively. As Plato delves into arguments...
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In Plato's "Letters", Ariel Helfer provides to readers, for the first time, a highly literal translation of the Letters, complete with extensive notes on historical context and issues of manuscript transmission. His analysis presents a necessary perspective for readers who wish to study Plato's Letters as a work of Platonic philosophy.
Centuries of debate over the provenance and significance of Plato's Letters have led to the common view that the...
8) Symposium
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Written sometime during the 4th century BC, "Symposium" is one the most poetic and sublime works by the Greek philosopher Plato. The action of the dialogue is set during a party hosted by the poet Agathon to celebrate his first victory in a dramatic competition. The title 'Symposium', or 'Banquet' refers to the setting of the work, however the more literal translation from the Greek is a 'drinking party.' At this party several notable figures from...
9) Crito
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Crito is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. It depicts a conversation between Socrates and his wealthy friend Crito regarding justice, injustice, and the appropriate response to injustice. Socrates thinks that injustice may not be answered with injustice, and refuses Crito's offer to finance his escape from prison. The dialogue contains an ancient statement of the social contract theory of government.
10) Protagoras
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Plato's "Protagoras" is a series of debates or arguments between Socrates and the elderly Protagoras, who was a well-known Sophist. Socrates was deeply critical of the Sophists, who were teachers or wise men who charged money for educating students and dispensing wisdom. He believed them to be corrupt and dangerous men, who could lead their pupils astray. In Plato's dialogue, Socrates challenges Protagoras and his beliefs in front of an audience of...
11) El banquete
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Entre la reflexión filosófica y la teoría psicológica, Platón (c. 427 – 347 a. C.) nos ofrece con el Banquete una brillante y elaborada exposición de su teoría de los afectos. El diálogo, perteneciente al período de madurez, en el que el filósofo ateniense se interesa por la esencia ontológica de diversas ideas, presenta una estructura sencilla.
A través de seis discursos que encuentran su eje en este sentimiento, el autor desmenuza...
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The European philosophical tradition... consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.-Alfred North Whitehead
The dialogues of Plato stand alongside the Bible and Homer's Iliad and Odyssey as foundational texts of Western civilization. The works of Plato collected under the title The Trial and Death of Socrates have been particularly influential. This is because they provide both an excellent point of entry into Plato's vast philosophy and a vivid portrait...
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In "Meno," Socrates and Meno set out to find teachers of ethics. When they are unable to find any, the reader is left wondering if knowledge, goodness, and justness can be taught.
"Parmenides" tells of the meeting between a young Socrates and two philosophers from the Eleatic school, Parmenides and Zeno. In his most challenging work of philosophy, Plato debates monism and plurality.
In "Theaetetus," Socrates and Theaetetus explore the three definitions...
14) Fedro
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Junto con Fedón, Banquete y República, Fedro ocupa un lugar preeminente entre los Diálogos de Platón (c. 427 - 347 a. C.). Aunque se ha insistido mucho sobre la dificultad de determinar el tema a partir del cual se organiza esta conversación, que se prolonga durante un día entero y versa sobre el amor, la retórica y la naturaleza de la escritura, el diálogo se divide en dos partes que se oponen y complementan.
En la primera, Sócrates inicia...
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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 from Jowett (1871) to scholars of the present day. The volume contains prefatory notes to each dialogue, by Edith Hamilton; an introductory essay on Plato's...
17) Fedón
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Ningún diálogo de Platón (c. 427 - 347 a. C.) ha sido tan leído, estudiado y comentado a lo largo de la historia como Fedón, que no es una mera serie de preguntas y respuestas sin otro objeto que poner en evidencia el error de una teoría o la verdad de un principio, sino una composición de distinto género, en la que, en medio de los incidentes de un argumento principal, se proponen, discuten y resuelven problemas complejos, que interesan a...
18) Sophist
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The "Sophist" is a Platonic dialogue from the philosopher's late period, most likely written in 360 BC. Its main theme is to identify what a sophist is and how a sophist differs from a philosopher and statesman. Because each seems distinguished by a particular form of knowledge, the dialogue continues some of the lines of inquiry pursued in the epistemological dialogue, Theaetetus, which is said to have taken place the day before. Because the Sophist...
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Este libro contiene las siguientes obras:
[Diálogos socráticos]
EUTIFRÓN
APOLOGÍA DE SÓCRATES
CRITÓN
EL PRIMER ALCIBÍADES
CÁRMIDES
LAQUES
PROTÁGORAS
HIPIAS MAYOR
MENEXENES
ION
LISIS
FEDRO
[Diálogos polémicos]
FILEBO
TEETETES
EUTIDEMO
EL SOFISTA
PARMÉNIDES
MENÓN
[Diálogos dogmáticos]
FEDÓN
GORGIAS
EL BANQUETE
TIMEO
CRITIAS
LA REPÚBLICA
20) Meno
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Plato's "Meno" is a Socratic dialogue between the two main speakers, Socrates and Meno, and explores the definition of virtue and whether it is something that can be taught. Meno is an attractive and well-to-do young man visiting Athens and is a student of the sophist Gorgias, who has greatly influenced Meno's ideas on virtue and knowledge. The dialogue begins abruptly with a question posed by Meno, who asks Socrates whether virtue can be taught....
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