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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...
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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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The Trial and Death of Socrates remains a powerful document, partly because it was a true – perhaps in certain parts verbatim – account of the end of one of the greatest figures in history. In Apology Socrates defends himself before the Athenian court against charges of corrupting youth. Phaedo is the account, by a young man, of the actual last words and moments of Socrates. These are presented with scene-setting introductions to the historical
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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.
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...
7) 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...
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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...
9) 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...
10) 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...
11) 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...
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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...
13) Cármides
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El Cármides nos presenta un diálogo narrado directamente por Sócrates, en el cual este y sus dos principales interlocutores, Cármides y Critias, intentan definir una virtud moral que la tradición filosófica reconocerá posteriormente como una de las cuatro virtudes cardinales: la sōphrosýnē (sensatez, moderación, buen juicio, mesura, templanza). A lo largo del diálogo los interlocutores de Sócrates proponen distintas definiciones de esta...
14) ION
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Pese a ser una obra menor, el Ion tiene un papel determinante en el corpus platonicum. En efecto, en él se esboza por vez primera la famosa crítica a la poesía como saber y se especifican las condiciones del arte (téchne) y la ciencia (epistéme) como formas de saber. Ion es un rapsoda que viene de haber ganado un famoso certamen artístico y que se ufana de poseer un verdadero saber sobre Homero. A partir de su tradicional método de preguntas...
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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...
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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...
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Obra maestra de la literatura de todos los tiempos, El Banquete de Platón logró reunir, en delicado equilibrio, la perfección literaria con un profundo saber filosófico. Su tema central es el Eros como ser divino y como pasión amorosa. En el presente libro se ha querido destacar en forma especial los siete discursos que conforman el diálogo. Cada orador desarrolla una visión personal sobre el tema del eros, en el ambiente de un banquete ofrecido...
19) 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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