The Complete Plato

Plato (428/427–348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens. Noted as a student of Socrates, Plato has distinguished himself as one of the founders of Western philosophy by recording the teachings of his master and his own philosophies in 35 dialogues and 13 letters (some are disputed as spurious).



This collection contains the following works by Plato:



All books translated by Benjamin Jowett



Part 1: Early Dialogues



The Apology

Crito

Charmides

Laches

Lysis

Euthyphro

Menexenus

Ion

Gorgias

Protagoras

Meno

Part 2: Middle Dialogues



Euthydemus

Cratylus

Phaedo

Phaedrus

The Symposium

Theaetetus

Parmenides

Part 3: Late Dialogues



Sophist

Statesman

Philebus

Timaeus

Critias

Part 4: The Republic



I: Of Wealth, Justice, Moderation, and their Opposites

II: The Individual, the State, and Education

III: The Arts in Education

IV: Wealth, Poverty, and Virtue

V: On Matrimony and Philosophy

VI: The Philosophy of Government

VII: On Shadows and Realities in Education

VIII: Four Forms of Government

IX: On Wrong or Right Government, and the Pleasures of Each

X: The Recompense of Life

Part 5: The Laws



Books I–XII



"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet."



"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."



"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."



"Only the dead have seen the end of war."



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