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Plato
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato was born around 425 BC to an aristocratic family. He was the most famous student of Socrates and would eventually go on to form his…
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Alcibiades I & II: Translated By Benjamin Jowett This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original…
Introducing "The Complete Works of Plato," meticulously translated by the esteemed scholar, Benjamin Jowett. This comprehensive collection showcases Plato's philosophical journey, from his early Socratic Dialogues to the complex Cosmological…
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The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It is Plato’s best-known…
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Plato, Benjamin Jowett
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Why does government exist? What is its nature and purpose? Who should govern, and how is this decision to be made? Why should we obey the law? This book answers…
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How should we understand such concepts as: the beloved, physical beauty, the beauty that transcends the physical, and the power of love between men as the ancient Greeks understood it…
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The Dialogues of Plato - Vol. II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as…
Plato's dialogue Theaetetus asks the question of what knowledge is, how human beings acquire it, and how knowledge relates to both perception and judgement. This dialogue is told as a…
The trial and death of Socrates remains a powerful document, partly because it was a true account of one of the greatest figures in history. In Apology , Socrates defends…
English translation of Plato’s Socratic dialogue which attempts to achieve a definition of virtue that applies equally to all particular virtues. Includes an introduction, notes, and geometrical diagrams that follow…
The Apology of Socrates by Plato, is the Socratic dialogue that presents the speech of legal self-defence, which Socrates presented at his trial for impiety and corruption, in 399 BC.
English translation of Plato’s dialogue of Socrates seeking the true definition of rhetoric, with an attempt to show the flaws of the sophistic orators. Includes speeches from Thucydides’ History of…
Addresses vital concerns that continue to occupy serious minds. This book attempts to answer questions about the nature of virtue and whether it is inherent to humans or a subject…
Parmenides is widely considered to be one of the more, if not the most, challenging and enigmatic of Plato's dialogues. The work purports to be an account of a meeting…
Theaetetus is a seminal text in the philosophy of knowledge and is acknowledged as one of Plato's finest works. Cast as a conversation between Socrates and a clever but modest…
In his brilliant dialogue, Symposium, Plato presents an imaginary dinner party set in Athens in 416 BC where the guests include Aristophanes, Socrates and the most popular Athenian of his…
Gorgias is a Socratic dialogue depicting a conversation between Socrates and a small group of sophists at a dinner. Socrates debates with the sophist unveiling the flaws of the sophistic…
Although Plato’s celebrated work of philosophy describes a society which to some seems the ideal human community and to others like a totalitarian nightmare, it also raises enduring questions about…
English translation of one of Plato’s least political dialogues has Socrates and Phaedrus discussing many themes: the art and practice of rhetoric, love, reincarnation, and the soul. With an interpretive…
The Theaetetus is a seminal text in the philosophy of knowledge, acknowledged as one of Plato’s finest works. Cast as a conversation between Socrates and a student, Theaetetus, it explores…
Plato's most famous work and one of the most important books ever written on the subject of philosophy and political theory, "The Republic" is a fictional dialogue between Socrates and…
Plato's dialogue Theaetetus asks the question of what knowledge is, how human beings acquire it, and how knowledge relates to both perception and judgement.
This dialogue is told as a…
The Republic by Plato is a landmark achievement in Ancient Greek philosophy - this edition contains every book, complete in a superb translation by Benjamin Jowett, in hardcover.
The Republic…
With introductions by the translator and and a special introduction by Maurice Francis Egan. Jowett’s translations of Plato’s Dialogues have long been considered some of the best. Plato’s Dialogues rank…
Crito is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. It is a conversation between Socrates and his wealthy friend Crito regarding justice, injustice, and the appropriate response to injustice.
English translation of one of the more challenging and enigmatic of Plato’s dialogues between Socrates and Parmenides and Zeno of Elea, that begins with Zeno defending his treatise of Parmenidean…
This newly revised and annotated edition of The Trial and Death of Socrates from Logos Books includes the four Platonic dialogues Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo.
In his brilliant dialogue, Symposium, Plato presents an imaginary dinner-party set in Athens in 416 BC where the guests include Aristophanes, Socrates and the most popular Athenian of his day…
Timaeus, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation…
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