Plato: 461 books

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. 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...

The Apology is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defended himself in 399 BC against the charges of "corrupting the young, and by not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other daimonia that are novel". "Apology" here has its earlier meaning...

Of all the works of Plato the Symposium is the most perfect in form, and may be truly thought to contain more than any commentator has ever dreamed of; or, as Goethe said of one of his own writings, more than the author himself knew. For in philosophy as in prophecy glimpses of the future may often be...

The Laches (/ˈlækiːz/; Greek: Λάχης) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato. Participants in the discourse present competing definitions of the concept of courage.

Sometimes you wear a costume to express yourself.  Sometimes you wear a costume to hide yourself. I met Sally dressed as Dawn from Pokémon. The sex was great. So we kept seeing each other. Soon I was driving her around the countryside, catching Pokémon, exploring Poké Stops. Then...

I admit, I got a little addicted. Poké balls, Poké stops, those cute little Pokémon creatures. The game was fun. But when I met Dawn in her costume, with her short pink skirt and her tall pink boots, and the bare sensuous thighs between them, it became more than augmented reality. I...

Plato's brief dialogue on poetry

Beth and I just wanted to be alone. Between cars and cops and crazy chefs with butcher knives, we had had no luck. And now, at the cemetery, we were stuck in a large group of Pokémon geeks, unable to sneak away. But when Misty showed up in the most erotic Pokémon cosplay outfit I had ever...

The Charmides is a dialogue of Plato, in which Socrates engages a handsome and popular boy in a conversation about the meaning of sophrosyne, a Greek word usually translated into English as "temperance", "self-control", or "restraint". As is typical with Platonic early...

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...

The Statesman, also known by its Latin title, Politicus, is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato. The text describes a conversation among Socrates, the mathematician Theodorus, another person named Socrates, and an unnamed philosopher from Elea referred to as "the Stranger". It is ostensibly an attempt...

The Symposium is a philosophical text by Plato dated c. 385–370 BC. It concerns itself at one level with the genesis, purpose and nature of love, and is the origin of the concept of Platonic love.

Hippias Minor, or On Lying, is thought to be one of Plato's early works. Socrates matches wits with an arrogant polymath who is also a smug literary critic. Hippias believes that Homer can be taken at face value, and that Achilles may be believed when he says he hates liars, whereas Odysseus' resourceful behavior stems from his ability to lie well.

Theaetetus, by Plato.