Catalog Search Results
Author
Description
The ancient Greek Philosopher Plato was born around 425 BCE to an aristocratic family. He enjoyed the privilege of being a student of Socrates, but would eventually go on to form his own school, the Academy. Plato, most remembered for his philosophical work "The Republic," was disciplined in all forms of writing. His dialogues are among the most popular and still studied by students and lovers of philosophy. Plato wrote his dialogues to reflect the...
2) Symposium
Author
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Description
Because of the absence of writings by Socrates, we only know of his philosophical beliefs through the writings of his students. Fortunately many of these have survived through to today and provide an excellent primary source for the understanding of this great philosopher. Of all the students' writings none are more comprehensive and informative with regard to Socrates than those of Plato. Contained in this volume are some of the most important of...
4) Sophist
Author
Description
Sophist” - is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C). This is Socrates' conversation about the fact that sophistry and the followers of it - are liars, also here the idea of movement is introduced. Plato thought about the organization and government of the state, was the founder of the theory of ideas, blessing and also the duality of the soul and the body, he formulated the studies of cognition.
5) Theages
Author
Description
“Theages” - is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C). This is the conversation between Theages, Socrates and Theages' father Demodocus about the importance of being wise while ruling the people. Plato thought about the organization and government of the state, was the founder of the theory of ideas, blessing and also the duality of the soul and the body, he formulated the studies of cognition.
Author
Description
Thirteen of Plato's most well-known dialogues are included in the collection "Essential Dialogues of Plato." Plato was a learned student of the early philosopher Socrates. Because Socrates did not write any works before his untimely death, Pluto took Socrates' beliefs and expressed them through imagined dialogues between the philosopher and his students. It was the first time in Western history that a philosophical dialectic between the teacher and...
7) Critias
Author
Description
“Critias”is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C). This is the conversation between Critias and Socrates about the way of life of the ancient Athenians and also about the might and greatness of the island Atlantis.
Author
Description
Contained in this volume are two works by the great ancient Greek philosopher Plato. "The Protagoras," like several of the Dialogues of Plato, is put into the mouth of Socrates, who describes a conversation which had taken place between himself and the great Sophist at the house of Callias-'the man who had spent more upon the Sophists than all the rest of the world'-and in which the learned Hippias and the grammarian Prodicus had also shared, as well...
Author
Description
"Phaedrus, Apology, Crito, and Symposium": four works of the great ancient Greek philosopher Plato are brought together here in this volume. The Phaedrus is closely connected with the Symposium, and may be regarded either as introducing or following it. The two Dialogues together contain the whole philosophy of Plato on the nature of love. In the Apology we hear the response that Socrates gives in defense at his trial. And in Crito we have a dialogue...
10) Gorgias
Author
Description
“Gorgias” - is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C).this is a conversation between Socrates, Gorgias and Callicles and the other philosophers about the problems of ethics (when is it possible to endure the injustice), politics, the essence of rhetoric (the advantage of convincing speeches).
11) Laches
Author
Description
Laches” - is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C). This is the conversation between Socrates, Laches, Lysimachus, Melesias and their sons about the courage as one of virtues and about the importance of not just rearing the children up, but also giving the education to their souls.
12) Lysis
Author
Description
Lysis” - is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C). This is one of Plato's early dialogues, in which Socrates, Lysis and Menexenus have a dispute in palaestra about friendship, about love, the aim of which is to put in the chosen one the good qualities and only through knowledge we get the love of the other people.
13) Meno
Author
Formats
Description
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....
14) Gorgias
Author
Description
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...
15) Alcibiades I
Author
Description
Alcibiades was a notable figure in Ancient Greek history. Famed Athenian statesman, orator and general, he had a powerful impact on the political and military scene in Athens and Sparta, despite his difficult and tumultuous youth. Alcibiades was well-trained in the art of Rhetoric, and among his many renowned teachers was also Socrates, the philosopher, who taught Plato and had set the foundation of western philosophy as we know it today.
Alcibiades...
Author
Description
La Apología de Sócrates, escrita por Platón no mucho después del juicio y condena de su maestro, es un documento fundamental para que conozcamos a Sócrates. Platón recrea el alegato pronunciado por el filósofo ante el tribunal que finalmente lo condenaría a muerte. El escrito apunta, sobre todo, a relevar las verdaderas motivaciones de la actividad filosófica de Sócrates en Atenas, mostrando así la injusticia de las acusaciones. La vivacidad...
Author
Description
Two major works by one of history's best known and most widely read and studied philosophers. In Gorgias, an exploration of the proposition that it is better to suffer wrong than to do wrong, Socrates debates with an amoral young sophist and assets that it is preferable to endure someone else's bad conduct than to be the source of bad behavior.Timaeus relates a creation myth that concludes with the birth of humanity, in which Socrates demonstrates...
18) Apology
Author
Formats
Description
"Apology" is the famous account of the trial of Socrates. Plato's dialogue presents the charges brought against Socrates by the people of Athens and lays out the arguments that the accused presented in his defense. Socrates was accused of corrupting the youth of the city with his radical ideas and of impiety against the pantheon of the Athenian gods, or more specifically, of not believing in the gods of the city and believing instead in no gods or...
19) Gorgias
Author
Description
Emplazado en el contexto dramático de una crisis política del imperio ateniense, el Gorgias es un diálogo donde las habilidades literarias y razonadoras de Platón se combinan de un modo magistral. Sus vívidos y complejos personajes son oradores de ocupación: se ganan la vida enseñando el arte de la persuasión, pero son además hombres políticos que deben hacer uso de dicho arte para conseguir poder en la ciudad. A poco avanzar el diálogo,...
Author
Description
These two dialogues by the greatest of the ancient Greek philosophers explore a vital concern of a democratic society: how to define the special abilities and qualities that make a genuine statesman. They further examine the distinction between an authentic statesman and the sophist, an individual who pretends to be a statesman but lacks the essential knowledge, personal qualities, and philosophical outlook. Written after Parmenides - in which the...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request