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Philebus by Plato; James Wood (Editor, Translator)
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Category: Culture & Ideas
The Philebus is the only Platonic dialogue that takes as its central theme the fundamental Socratic question of the good, understood as that which makes for the best or happiest life. This predominantly ethical theme not only involves an extended psychological and epistemological investigation of topics ...Show more
Republic by Plato
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- The Republic (Politeia; Latin: De Re Publica) is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning the definition of justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the just man-for this reason, ancient readers used the name ...Show more
Republic by Plato .
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: Oxford World's Classics
Republic is the central work of the Western world's most famous philosopher. Essentially an inquiry into morality, Republic also contains crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy. It is also a literary masterpiece: the philosophy is presented for the most part for the ordinary ...Show more
The Last Days of Socrates - Plato: Translated by Christopher Rowe - Penguin Classics by Plato
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
"Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just" Plato's account of Socrates' trial and death (399 BC) is a significant moment in Classical literature and the life of Classical Athens. In these four dialogues, Plato develops the Socratic belief in responsibili ...Show more
The Laws by PLATO
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Category: Classics
In the Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a small agricultural utopia he named Magnesia. His laws not only govern crime and punishment, but also form a code of conduct for all aspects of life in his ideal state - from education, sport and religion to sex ...Show more
The Republic by Plato
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Category: Culture & Ideas
A newly designed second edition of the classic translation of Plato's timeless work, "The Republic," by the author of "The Closing of the American Mind."
The Republic by Plato
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Category: Culture & Ideas | Reading Level: good-very good
Plato's Republic is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of Western philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation other questions ar ...Show more
The Symposium by Plato
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society and the sublimation of basic human instincts. The discussion culminates in a radical challenge t ...Show more
Timaeus and Critias by Plato
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Category: Classics
Timaeus and Critias is a Socratic dialogue in two parts. A response to an account of an ideal state told by Socrates, it begins with Timaeus's theoretical exposition of the cosmos and his story describing the creation of the universe, from its very beginning to the coming of man. Timaeus introduces the ...Show more
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