The Plato Collection [47 Books]

THE PLATO COLLECTION [47 BOOKS] | PLATO

THE DIALOGUES OF PLATO

B. JOWETT M. A. | CATHOLIC WAY PUBLISHING

 — The Complete Texts by one of the Greatest Philosophers that ever lived!

 — 43 Books by Plato; 14 Spurious Texts. 4 Books About Plato

 — Over 1.51 Million Words. Over 5,400 Active Linked Endnotes

 — Includes an Active Index, Table of Contents for all Books and Layered NCX Navigation

 — Includes Illustrations by Gustave Dore

Plato (428/427 or 424/423–348/347 B.C.E.) was a philosopher, as well as mathematician, in Classical Greece. He is considered an essential figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition, and he founded the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his teacher Socrates and his most famous student, Aristotle, Plato laid the foundations of Western philosophy and science. Alfred North Whitehead once noted: “the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”

Plato’s dialogues have been used to teach a range of subjects, including philosophy, logic, ethics, rhetoric, religion and mathematics. His lasting themes include Platonic love, the theory of forms, the five regimes, innate knowledge, among others. His theory of forms launched a unique perspective on abstract objects, and led to a school of thought called Platonism. Plato’s writings have been published in several fashions; this has led to several conventions regarding the naming and referencing of Plato’s texts.

—BOOKS BY PLATO—

CHARMIDES

LYSIS

LACHES

PROTAGORAS

EUTHYDEMUS

CRATYLUS

PHAEDRUS

ION

SYMPOSIUM

MENO

EUTHYPHRO

APOLOGY

CRITO

PHAEDO

GORGIAS

LESSER HIPPIAS

ALCIBIADES I

MENEXENUS

ALCIBIADES II

ERYXIAS

THE REPUBLIC

TIMAEUS

CRITIAS

PARMENIDES

THEAETETUS

SOPHIST

STATESMAN

PHILEBUS

LAWS

—SPURIOUS TEXTS—

HIPPARCHUS

THE RIVAL LOVERS

THEAGES

MINOS

EPINOMIS

SISYPHUS

AXIOCHUS

DEMODOCUS

HALCYON

ON JUSTICE

ON VIRTUE

DEFINITIONS

EPIGRAMS

THE EPISTLES

—BOOKS ABOUT PLATO—

INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY AND WRITINGS OF PLATO by Thomas Taylor

PLATO AND PLATONISM by Walter Pater

THE INFLUENCE OF PLATO ON SAINT BASIL by Theodore Leslie Shear

ARTICLES ON PLATO by Various

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