Plato: 461 books

She was a typical child raised in a loving Christian home. She was full of joy and laughter which only a child experiences. Life seemed secured, normal, and exciting until her life came crashing down all around her. The security and love she once knew was now a distant memory. She was lost...

Homer's epic poem about Odysseus, the hero of Ithaca and his journey home after the Trojan War. One of the oldest examples of Western literature, the poem is believed to have been written towards the end of the 8th century BC.

Socrates encounters Euthyphro outside the court of Athens. Socrates has been called to court on charges of impiety by Meletus, and Euthyphro has come to prosecute his own father for having unintentionally killed a murderous hired hand. Socrates flatters Euthyphro, suggesting that Euthyphro must be...

Apology presents the speech of self-defence given by Socrates in his trial for impiety and corruption specifically 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.

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author).  *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience.  *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Euthyphro is a dialogue that occurs in the weeks before...

The Crito seems intended to exhibit the character of Socrates in one light only, not as the philosopher, fulfilling a divine mission and trusting in the will of heaven, but simply as the good citizen, who having been unjustly condemned is willing to give up his life in obedience to the laws of the state . . .

After an interval of some months or years, and at Phlius, a town of Peloponnesus, the tale of the last hours of Socrates is narrated to Echecrates and other Phliasians by Phaedo the beloved disciple. The Dialogue necessarily takes the form of a narrative, because Socrates has to be described acting as...

In the Statesman the discussion is partly regarded as an illustration of method, and that analogies are brought from afar which throw light on the main subject. The search after the Statesman, which is carried on, like that for the Sophist, by the method of dichotomy, gives an opportunity for many humorous and satirical remarks.

L’Apologia di Socrate è un testo giovanile di Platone. Scritto tra il 399 e il 388 a.C., è la più credibile fonte di informazioni sul processo al vecchio filosofo ateniese. Il testo è uno scritto particolare, in quanto la narrazione non è in forma di dialogo tra due o più persone: sia Platone...

This Dialogue begins abruptly with a question of Meno, who asks, 'whether virtue can be taught.' Socrates replies that he does not as yet know what virtue is, and has never known anyone who did. 'Then he cannot have met Gorgias when he was at Athens.' Yes, Socrates had met him, but he has a bad memory,...

* Book : Meno * Biography * Bibliography Persons of the dialogue: Meno; Socrates; A slave of Meno; Anytus Meno. Can you tell me, Socrates, whether virtue is acquired by teaching or by practice; or if neither by teaching nor practice, then whether it comes to man by nature, or in what...

* Book : Phaedo * Biography * Bibliography Persons of the dialogue:Phaedo, who is the narrator of the dialogue to Echecrates of Phlius Socrates Apollodorus Simmias Cebes Crito Attendant of the prison Scene: The Prison of Socrates Place of the narration: Phlius Echecrates....