Plato
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[edit] Introduction
This is an introduction to the works of Plato. Plato is regarded by many to be one of the West’s greatest ancient philosophers. The student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, he wrote many books in his life time and here you will find a brief summary of his works. To find actual books themselves, look at our sister project Wikisource.
[edit] A note on authorship
The ordering of the dialogues is based roughly on the standard division into tetralogies. Authorship in many cases is uncertain, as we only have Plato's works as handed down through many generations of translations, forgeries, etc. Please consult the following legend.
- * It is generally agreed by scholars that Plato is not the author of this work.
- ** It is not generally agreed by scholars whether Plato is the author of this work.
- *** Consult chapter on this individual work for notes on authorship.
[edit] Works of Plato
- Euthyphro
- Apology
- Crito
- Phaedo
- Cratylus
- Teaetetus
- Sophist
- Statesman
- Parmenides
- Philebus
- Symposium
- Phaedrus
- Alcibiades **
- Second Alcibiades *
- Hipparchus *
- Rival Lovers *
- Theages *
- Charmides
- Laches
- Lysis
- Euthydemus
- Protagoras
- Gorgia
- Meno
- Greater Hippias **
- Lesser Hippias
- Ion
- Menexenus
- Clitophon
- Republic
- Timaeus
- Critias
- Minos *
- Laws
- Epinomis *
- Letters ***
- Definitions *
- On Justice *
- On Virtue *
- Demodocus *
- Sisyphus *
- Halcyon *
- Eryxias *
- Axiochus *
- Epigrams ***
[edit] Sources
- Plato: Complete Works, ed. Cooper, John M., 1997
All of the texts of Plato's Dialogues are available at the MIT Internet Classics Archive.
