Plato
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Embark on an unparalleled journey through the mind of Plato, one of history's most influential philosophers. This comprehensive collection, divided into four distinct volumes, provides a sweeping overview of Platonic thought. From the probing questions of Socrates to the idealistic visions of Plato's later works, each volume opens new insights into ethics, politics, metaphysics, and more. Together, they form a monumental testament to human reason...
62) Critias
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“Critias”is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C). This is the conversation between Critias and Socrates about the way of life of the ancient Athenians and also about the might and greatness of the island Atlantis.
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This book contains the four dialogues between Socrates and Plato that chronicle the elder's final days. Socrates (470/469 – 399 BC) was an Athenian philosopher considered to be one of the founding fathers of Western philosophy. Plato (424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher who founded the first institution of higher learning in the Western world, the Academy in Athens. This volume is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in philosophy...
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Obra maestra de la literatura de todos los tiempos, El Banquete de Platón logró reunir, en delicado equilibrio, la perfección literaria con un profundo saber filosófico. Su tema central es el Eros como ser divino y como pasión amorosa. En el presente libro se ha querido destacar en forma especial los siete discursos que conforman el diálogo. Cada orador desarrolla una visión personal sobre el tema del eros, en el ambiente de un banquete ofrecido...
65) Euthydemus
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The Euthydemus, though apt to be regarded by us only as an elaborate jest, has also a very serious purpose. It may fairly claim to be the oldest treatise on logic; for that science originates in the misunderstandings which necessarily accompany the first efforts of speculation. Several of the fallacies which are satirized in it reappear in the Sophistici Elenchi of Aristotle and are retained at the end of our manuals of logic. But if the order of...
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Contained in this volume are two works by the great ancient Greek philosopher Plato. "The Protagoras," like several of the Dialogues of Plato, is put into the mouth of Socrates, who describes a conversation which had taken place between himself and the great Sophist at the house of Callias-'the man who had spent more upon the Sophists than all the rest of the world'-and in which the learned Hippias and the grammarian Prodicus had also shared, as well...
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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 from Jowett (1871) to scholars of the present day. The volume contains prefatory notes to each dialogue, by Edith Hamilton; an introductory essay on Plato's...
68) Fedón
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Ningún diálogo de Platón (c. 427 - 347 a. C.) ha sido tan leído, estudiado y comentado a lo largo de la historia como Fedón, que no es una mera serie de preguntas y respuestas sin otro objeto que poner en evidencia el error de una teoría o la verdad de un principio, sino una composición de distinto género, en la que, en medio de los incidentes de un argumento principal, se proponen, discuten y resuelven problemas complejos, que interesan a...
69) Theages
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“Theages” - is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C). This is the conversation between Theages, Socrates and Theages' father Demodocus about the importance of being wise while ruling the people. Plato thought about the organization and government of the state, was the founder of the theory of ideas, blessing and also the duality of the soul and the body, he formulated the studies of cognition.
70) The Replublic
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The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BCE, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work, and one of the world's most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically.
In the dialogue, Socrates discusses the meaning of justice and whether the just man is happier than the unjust man with various Athenians and...
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Two major works by one of history's best known and most widely read and studied philosophers. In Gorgias, an exploration of the proposition that it is better to suffer wrong than to do wrong, Socrates debates with an amoral young sophist and assets that it is preferable to endure someone else's bad conduct than to be the source of bad behavior.Timaeus relates a creation myth that concludes with the birth of humanity, in which Socrates demonstrates...
72) Gorgias
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“Gorgias” - is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher and thinker Plato (427-347 B. C).this is a conversation between Socrates, Gorgias and Callicles and the other philosophers about the problems of ethics (when is it possible to endure the injustice), politics, the essence of rhetoric (the advantage of convincing speeches).
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"Phaedrus, Apology, Crito, and Symposium": four works of the great ancient Greek philosopher Plato are brought together here in this volume. The Phaedrus is closely connected with the Symposium, and may be regarded either as introducing or following it. The two Dialogues together contain the whole philosophy of Plato on the nature of love. In the Apology we hear the response that Socrates gives in defense at his trial. And in Crito we have a dialogue...
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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 and Zeno. In his most challenging work of philosophy, Plato debates monism and plurality.
In "Theaetetus," Socrates and Theaetetus explore the three definitions...
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Extrait : "SOCRATE : Mon cher Phèdre, o vas-tu donc, et d'o viens-tu ? PHEDRE : De chez Lysias, fils de Céphale, Socrate, et je vais me promener hors des murs ; car je suis resté longtemps chez lui, toujours assis depuis le matin, et suivant les prescriptions d'Acoumène, ton ami et le mien, je fais mes promenades sur les routes ; car il prétend qu'on s'y délasse mieux que dans les galeries couvertes."
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76) Ion
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Extrait: "SOCRATE: Salut à Ion. D'o nous reviens-tu cette fois? d'Ephèse, ton pays? ION: Pas du tout, Socrate, d'Epidaure, des fêtes d'Asclépios. SOCRATE: Est-ce que les Epidauriens font aussi un concours de rhapsodes en l'honneur du dieu? ION: Mais oui, et de toutes les parties de la musique aussi."
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Extrait : "APOLLODORE : Je crois être assez bien préparé à vous faire le récit que vous demandez. Dernièrement en effet, comme je montais de Phalère, o j'habite, à la ville, un homme de ma connaissance, qui venait derrière moi, m'aperçut et m'appelant de loin : "Hé ! l'homme de Phalère, Apollodore, s'écria-t-il en badinant, attends-moi donc." Je m'arrêtais et l'attendis."
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Extrait : "J'allais de l'Académie directement au Lycée par la route extérieure qui longe les murs. Parvenu à la petite porte o se trouve la source de Panops, je rencontrai là Hippothalès, fils d'Hiéronyme et Ctésippe de Paenie, et avec eux un groupe nombreux d'autres jeunes gens."
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Extrait : "L'AMI DE SOCRATE : D'o viens-tu, Socrate ? sans doute de la chasse, de la chasse à la beauté d'Alcibiade , A dire vrai, je l'ai vu il n'y a pas longtemps, et je trouve que c'est toujours un bel homme, mais un homme pourtant, soit dit entre nous, Socrate, et déjà bien barbu."
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