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Protagoras is a lively and often humorous look at virtue, knowledge, and the best means of acquiring them. Ostensibly a debate between Socrates and a sophist opponent over the education of a young man, the dialogue also concerns the nature of the contest itself....

Protagoras, is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the human history. So that this book is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this again in a modern format book for present and future...

Protagoras is a dialogue by Plato. The traditional subtitle (which may or may not be Plato's) is "or the Sophists". The main argument is between Socrates and the elderly Protagoras, a celebrated sophist and philosopher. The discussion takes place at the home of Callias,...

Plato (428/427 or 424/423 - 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered one of...

Author: PlatoISBN-10: 3368402900ISBN-13: 9783368402907Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/02/2022Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.28d

Author: PlatoISBN-10: 3368402919ISBN-13: 9783368402914Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/02/2022Pages: 120Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

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Three complete Plato dialogues - Euthyphro, Meno, Republic Book I - in a fresh English translation, with extensive commentary and original illustrations. "Reason and Persuasion" is suitable as an introductory textbook or for more advanced students of Plato and philosophy. The fourth edition is...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.Plato's The Republic has influenced Western philosophers for centuries, with its main focus on what makes a well-balanced society and individual.Author: PlatoISBN-10: 0008480109ISBN-13: 9780008480103Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/25/2022Pages: 432Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 7.90h x...

Widely acknowledged as his most influential work, Republic presents Plato's philosophical views on the nature of justice and his vision for the ideal state. The Republic is widely regarded as Plato's greatest work and the finest of the Socratic dialogues--it remains a cornerstone of...

The central work of one of the West's greatest philosophers, The Republic of Plato is a masterpiece of insight and feeling, the finest of the Socratic dialogues, and one of the great books of Western culture. This new translation captures the dramatic realism, poetic...

An authoritative new translation of Plato's foundational work of Western philosophy The Republic is Plato's masterwork. It was written 2,400 years ago and remains one of the most widely read books in the world, famous for both the richness of its ideas and the...

Authored around 375 BCE, Plato's Republic is set as a Socratic dialogue and explores the nature of the perfect political community, how it should be structured, and its ideal inhabitants.Author: PlatoISBN-10: 1970184213ISBN-13: 9781970184211Publisher: 1828 PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/07/2022Pages: 352Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.15lbs

The Platonic ideal of government. Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks among its greatest practitioners, was born to a prosperous and politically active family ca. 427 BC. In early life an admirer...

The Platonic ideal of government. Plato of Athens, who laid the foundations of the Western philosophical tradition and in range and depth ranks among its greatest practitioners, was born to a prosperous and politically active family ca. 427 BC. In early life an admirer...

This collection of Plato's works includes three of his most famous dialogues: The Republic, Timaeus, and Critias. The Republic, one of the most influential works of philosophy ever written, examines the nature of justice and the ideal society. Timaeus explores the workings of the...

Benjamin Jowett's translations of Plato have long been classics in their own right. In this volume, Professor Hayden Pelliccia has revised Jowett's renderings of five key dialogues, giving us a modern Plato faithful to both Jowett's best features and Plato's own masterly style. Gathered...

"Once upon a time there were just the gods; mortal beings did not yet exist." We are used to thinking of myths containing lines like this simply as stories, and modern myths as made up and fictitious. For the ancient Greeks, however, a myth...

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Plato's Dialogues rank among Western civilization's most important and influential philosophical works. With Socrates as the central disputant in a series of arguments, they probe a broad range of enduringly relevant issues. All 6 of these works feature authoritative translations by the distinguished classical...

Plato's brilliant dialogues, written in the fourth century B.C., rank among Western civilization's most important philosophical works. Presented as a series of probing conversations between Socrates and his students and fellow citizens, they form a magnificent dialectical quest that examines enduring political, ethical, metaphysical,...

Author: PlatoISBN-10: 1258142147ISBN-13: 9781258142148Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.21d

This collection of Socratic discourses brings together the works of several philosophers who were influenced by the teachings of Socrates. Through their dialogues, readers gain insights into the philosophical concepts of ethics, virtue, and morality.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally...

This collection of Socratic discourses brings together the works of several philosophers who were influenced by the teachings of Socrates. Through their dialogues, readers gain insights into the philosophical concepts of ethics, virtue, and morality.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally...

Socratic Discourses is a book that features a collection of philosophical dialogues between the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates and his disciples, as recorded by two of his most prominent followers, Plato and Xenophon. The book contains a total of 12 dialogues, each exploring different...

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, which in the Republic and in the later writings of Plato...

The Sophist is a Platonic dialogue from the philosopher's late period, most likely written in 360 BC. In it the interlocutors, led by Eleatic Stranger employ the method of division in order to classify and define the sophist and describe his essential attributes and...

Sophist, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This...

In Sophist by Plato, Socrates encounters the enigmatic Stranger from Elea, engaging in a gripping dialectic on the nature of being and appearance. Delve into this profound exploration of ontology, as timeless questions of truth, reality, and deception are unraveled in this seminal work...

Sophist is a Platonic dialogue from the philosopher's late period, most likely written in 360 BC. In it the interlocutors, led by Eleatic Stranger employ the method of division in order to classify and define the sophist and describe his essential attributes and differentia...

Plato (428/427 or 424/423 - 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered one of...

The dramatic power of the dialogues of Plato appears to diminish as the metaphysical interest of them increases (compare Introd. to the Philebus). There are no descriptions of time, place or persons, in the Sophist and Statesman, but we are plunged at once into...

These two dialogues by the greatest of the ancient Greek philosophers explore a vital concern of a democratic society: how to define the special abilities and qualities that make a genuine statesman. They further examine the distinction between an authentic statesman and the sophist,...

The Sophist, like the Phaedrus, has a double character, and unites two enquirers, which are only in a somewhat forced manner connected with each other. The first is the search after the Sophist, the second is the enquiry into the nature of Not-being, which...

Author: PlatoISBN-10: 336831274XISBN-13: 9783368312749Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/28/2022Pages: 190Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d

Author: PlatoISBN-10: 3368312758ISBN-13: 9783368312756Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/28/2022Pages: 190Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

Statesman is one of Plato's later political works, a companion piece to Sophist. Less dramatic and more dogmatic than his earlier dialogues, Socrates is here reduced to a minor character while most of the conversation is carried on by a mysterious stranger from Elea....

Statesman, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This...

Plato (428/427 or 424/423 - 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered one of...

Author: PlatoISBN-10: 3368312782ISBN-13: 9783368312787Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/28/2022Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.38d

Author: PlatoISBN-10: 3368312790ISBN-13: 9783368312794Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/28/2022Pages: 164Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Plato Greek: Pl ton, pronounced in Classical Attic; 428/427 or 424/423- 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal...

Symposium is a philosophical text by Plato. It concerns itself at one level with the genesis, purpose and nature of love, and is the origin of the concept of Platonic love. Love is examined in a sequence of speeches by men attending a symposium,...

The Symposium is a philosophical text by Plato dated c. 385-380 BC. It concerns itself at one level with the genesis, purpose and nature of love, and (in later day interpretations) is the origin of the concept of Platonic love. Love is examined in...

In his brilliant dialogue, Symposium, Plato presents an imaginary dinner party set in Athens in 416 BC where the guests include Aristophanes, Socrates and the most popular Athenian of his day, star-athlete Alcibiades. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in Socrates' famous account of...

Written sometime during the 4th century BC, "Symposium" is one the most poetic and sublime works by the Greek philosopher Plato. The action of the dialogue is set during a party hosted by the poet Agathon to celebrate his first victory in a dramatic...

Symposium is Plato's masterwork on the subject of love. Socrates arrives late to the party of an aristocratic friend, where it is proposed that each guest shall give a speech on the subject of love. The speeches are by turn comic, absurd and unexpectedly...

Symposium is Plato's masterwork on the subject of love. Socrates arrives late to the party of an aristocratic friend, where it is proposed that each guest shall give a speech on the subject of love. The speeches are by turn comic, absurd and unexpectedly...

In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC. The guests--including the comic poet Aristophanes and Plato's mentor Socrates--each deliver a short speech in praise of love. The sequence of dazzling speeches culminates in Socrates' famous account of...

Plato studied under Socrates and was Aristotle's teacher. Together these three Greeks developed the basis of philosophical thinking for the entire Western world. Plato was also a writer, mathematician, and founder of the Academy in Athens, which was the first university in Europe. This...