Plato\'s brilliant dialogues, written in the fourth century B.
C., rank among Western civilization\'s most important philosophical works.
Stimulating, dramatic, and always relevant, these dialogues have profoundly influenced the history of intellectual thought, and offer crucial insight into mystical, aesthetic, and other aspects of Platonic doctrine..
Symposium reflects on the ultimate manifestation of the love that controls the world, and The Republic ponders society and the philosopher\'s role within it.
Phaedrus explores the psychology of love.
Phaedo considers death and the immortality of the soul.
Crito discusses respect for the law.
Apology defends the integrity of Socrates\' teachings.
Here, in one inexpensive edition, are six of Plato\'s remarkable and revelatory dialogues, each translated by distinguished classical scholar Benjamin Jowett.
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, and epistemological issues.
Plato\'s brilliant dialogues, written in the fourth century B.
C., rank among Western civilization\'s most important philosophical works
