Plato

The dialogues of Plato by Plato ( Book )
1,558 editions published between 1523 and 2011 in 35 languages and held by 6,721 libraries worldwide
A collection of works by the philosopher Plato. Aside from his Republic, these constitute his most widely known and read works.

The Republic by Plato ( Book )
2,675 editions published between 1463 and 2011 in 44 languages and held by 6,472 libraries worldwide
New translation of Plato's Republic.

Symposium by Plato ( Book )
1,261 editions published between 1543 and 2011 in 31 languages and held by 3,683 libraries worldwide
In this celebrated masterpiece Plato imagines a high-society dinner party in Athens in 416 B.C. at which the guests each deliver a short speech in praise of love.

Gorgias by Plato ( Book )
640 editions published between 1541 and 2011 in 28 languages and held by 2,882 libraries worldwide
"Taking the form of a dialogue between 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 represent 'the greatest good', Socrates insists on the duty of politicians to consider the welfare of their citizens - a duty he believed had been dishonoured in the Athens of his time. The dialogue offers insights into how classical Athens was governed, as well as creating a theoretical framework that has been highly influential on subsequent political debate." "Walter Hamilton's translation has been completely updated for this new edition, taking recent developments in scholarship into account. In his introduction, Chris Emlyn-Jones examines Plato's use of the dialogue form and his relationship with his teacher Socrates. This edition also includes a section-by-section commentary, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, a glossary and index."--BOOK JACKET.

Theaetetus by Plato ( Book )
387 editions published between 1577 and 2008 in 18 languages and held by 2,842 libraries worldwide

Phaedrus by Plato ( Book )
560 editions published between 1460 and 2011 in 24 languages and held by 2,753 libraries worldwide
"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. Socrates reveals it to be a kind of divine madness that can allow our souls to grow wings and soar to their greatest heights. Then the conversation changes direction and turns to a discussion of rhetoric, which must be based on truth passionately sought, thus allying it to philosophy. The dialogue closes by denigrating the value of the written word in any context, compared to the living teaching of a Socratic philosopher." "The shifts of topic and register have given rise to doubts about the unity of the dialogue, doubts which are addressed in the introduction to this volume. Full explanatory notes also elucidate issues throughout the dialogue that might puzzle a modern reader."--Jacket.

Euthyphro by Plato ( Book )
474 editions published between 1745 and 2010 in 18 languages and held by 2,744 libraries worldwide
These four dialogues present the trial, imprisonment, and execution of Socrates.

Apology by Plato ( Book )
830 editions published between 1549 and 2011 in 36 languages and held by 2,664 libraries worldwide
Gives a first-hand account of the end of Socrates, one of the greatest figures in history. In the Apology, Socrates defends himself before the Athenian court against charges of corrupting youth. The Phaedo is a young man's account of Socrates' last words and moments.

Laws by Plato ( Book )
415 editions published between 1453 and 2011 in 21 languages and held by 2,662 libraries worldwide
Ouvrage composite laissé inachevé par Platon, il est considéré comme le complément de "La République", comme la tentative de bâtir concrètement une cité juste. Anissa Castel-Bouchouchi propose ici une anthologie thématique des grands thèmes des.

Timaeus by Plato ( Book )
436 editions published between 1520 and 2011 in 18 languages and held by 2,647 libraries worldwide
"Timaeus, one of Plato's acknowledged masterpieces, is an attempt to construct the universe and explain its contents by means of as few axioms as possible. The result is a brilliant, bizarre, and surreal cosmos - the product of the rational thinking of a creator god and his astral assistants, and of purely mechanistic causes based on the behaviour of the four elements. At times dazzlingly clear, at times intriguingly opaque, this was state-of-the-art science in the middle of the fourth century BC. The world is presented as a battlefield of forces that are unified only by the will of God, who had to do the best he could with recalcitrant building materials"--Cover, p. 4.