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Symposium and the Death of Socrates by Plato
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Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
With an Introduction by Jane O'Grady. Translated by Tom Griffith. In Symposium, a group of Athenian aristocrats attend a party and talk about love, until the drunken Alcibiades bursts in and decides to discuss Socrates instead. Symposium gives an unsurpassed picture of the sparkling society that was At ...Show more
The Collected Dialogues of Plato - Including the Letters by Plato; Edith Hamilton (ed.); Huntington Cairns (ed.)
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Category: Classics | Series: Bollingen Series LXXI
All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. The editors set out to choose the contents of this collected edition from the work of the best British and American translators of the last 100 years, ranging fro ...Show more
The Last Days of Socrates - Plato: Translated by Christopher Rowe - Penguin Classics by Plato
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics
"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 Republic by Plato
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Category: Classics
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 Republic (Hero Classics) by Plato
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Category: Classics | Series: Hero Classics Ser.
I went down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon the son of Ariston, that I might offer up my prayers to the goddess (Bendis, the Thracian Artemis.); and also because I wanted to see in what manner they would celebrate the festival, which was a new thing. I was delighted with the procession of the inha ...Show more
The Symposium by Plato
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
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