Plato

  • Plato: Theaetetus and Sophist
    By Plato

    A new and lively translation of two Platonic dialogues widely read and discussed by philosophers, with introduction and notes.

  • Plato: A Very Short Introduction
    By Julia Annas, Regents Professor of Philosophy Julia Annas

    This introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. It includes a brief account of Plato's life.

  • Plato
    By Andrew Mason

    Thematically structured, the book begins with Plato's principal contribution to metaphysics, the 'Theory of Forms', which forms a necessary background to his thought in many areas.

  • Plato: The Apology of Socrates and Xenophon
    By Plato, Xenophon

    The Apologies (or Defence Speeches) by Plato and Xenophon are rival accounts of how, at his trial, Socrates defended himself and his philosophy. This edition brings together both Apologies within a single volume.

  • Plato: Political Philosophy
    By Malcolm Schofield

    The radicalism derives above all from his reflections on the fate of Socrates at the hands of the Athenian democracy in 399 BC. So the book begins with chapters situating Plato's alienation from contemporary politics in its historical ...

  • Plato: The Man and His Work
    By Alfred Edward Taylor

    This outstanding work by a renowned Plato scholar presents the thought of the great Greek philosopher with historical accuracy and objective analysis.

  • Plato: Complete Works
    By Plato

    Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, Ion, Phaedrus, Protagoras

  • Plato: A Guide for the Perplexed
    By Gerald A. Press

    This is the ideal companion to the study of this most influential and challenging of philosophers.

  • Plato: Euthyphro
    By Plato

    This edition contains the Greek text of Plato's dialogue Euthyphro with Introduction, Notes and Appendices.The Introduction gives an account of the historical background to the dialogue and the nature and merits of its arguments.

  • Plato: A Beginner's Guide
    By Roy Jackson

    Plato - A Beginner's Guide introduces you to the life and work of one of the founding fathers of philosophy, and best known of the thinkers of Ancient Greece.

  • Plato: Philosophy in an Hour
    By Paul Strathern

    Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Plato in just one hour.

  • Plato: Political Philosophy
    By Malcolm Schofield

    Between them these define what Plato considered to be the fundamental challenges for politics. All remain live issues. On all of them Plato took radical and uncomfortable positions.

  • Plato: A Complete Introduction
    By Roy Jackson

    This book examines the key ideas and explains them in a way that someone who is uninitiated into the world of Plato, or philosophy generally, can gain insights into his life, his legacy, what he had to say and why it is still relevant.

  • Plato: Menexenus
    By Plato

    Expressions of agency in Ancient Greek, cambridge. Gottleber, J. c. ... “Plato und Athen,” Neue Jahrbücher für Wissenschaft und Jugendbildung 10: 492–500. ... Plato and the traditions of ancient literature: the silent stream, cambridge.

  • Plato: Menexenus
    By David Sansone

    Expressions of agency in Ancient Greek, Cambridge. ... “Plato und Athen,” Neue Jahrbücher für Wissenschaft und Jugendbildung 10: 492–500. ... Plato and the traditions of ancient literature: the silent stream, Cambridge. — 2018.

  • Plato: A Complete Introduction
    By Roy Jackson

    The book uses a structure that mirrors the way Plato is taught on many university courses, with chapters including: the pre-socratics; Socrates; who was Plato?; can virtue be taught?; piety; the philosophical life; obeying the law of Athens ...

  • Plato: Statesman
    By Plato

    Plato's Politicus stands both in date and in political thought between the Republic and the Laws. It presents Plato's thought at a point when he was chastened by disappointment with...

  • Plato
    By Julia Annas

    "Julia Annas provides an incisive exploration of the many-sided and elusive genius whose wide-ranging, bold, and influential ideas continue to challenge, provoke, and inspire us today"--Page 4 of cover.

  • Plato: The Apology of Socrates and Xenophon
    By Plato, Xenophon

    Provides a student edition of Plato and Xenophon's accounts of how Socrates, on trial for his life, defended himself and his philosophy.

  • Plato: Images, Aims, and Practices of Education
    By Avi I. Mintz

    This book opens by providing the historical context of Plato’s engagement with education, including an overview of Plato’s life as student and educator.