Description
A new edition of five of Plato’s most famous Dialogues, based on the Benjamin Jowett translations. This edition includes the following:
- Euthyphro
- Apology
- Crito
- Meno
- Phaedo
This edition is drawn from the five volume collection of Plato’s complete dialogues published in 1892 from the translations of Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) and omits stephanus pagination.
Plato (428-348 BCE) was a renowned philosopher, mathematician, and writer of Ancient Greece. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Western philosophy, and his works have been studied for over two millennia. Plato’s writings explored topics such as justice, beauty, and virtue, and he is credited with founding the Academy of Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is best known for his dialogues, which featured characters such as Socrates and discussed subjects such as metaphysics and ethics. Plato’s writings have had a profound impact on Western thought, and his ideas are still debated and discussed today. He was a student of Socrates, and his works were largely shaped by Socrates’ teachings. Plato’s legacy lives on in the form of his works, which continue to inspire and influence scholars and thinkers across the world.
