Critias, one of Plato's late dialogues, recounts the story of the mighty island kingdom Atlantis and its attempt to conquer Athens, which failed due to the ordered society of...

The Theaetetus is one of Plato's dialogues concerning the nature of knowledge, written circa 369 BCE.In this dialogue, Socrates and Theaetetus discuss three definitions of...

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It is Plato's...

Gorgias is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC.Plato (424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens,...

In Plato's Ion Socrates discusses with the titular character, a professional rhapsode who also lectures on Homer, the question of whether the rhapsode, a performer of poetry,...

There are no descriptions of time, place or persons, in the Sophist and Statesman, but we are plunged at once into philosophical discussions; the poetical charm has disappeared,...

In several of the dialogues of Plato, doubts have arisen among his interpreters as to which of the various subjects discussed in them is the main thesis. The speakers have the...

Socrates, as he is younger than either Nicias or Laches, prefers to wait until they have delivered their opinions, which they give in a characteristic manner. Nicias, the...

"Crito" is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.Plato (424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in...

Phaedo also known to ancient readers as "On The Soul", is one of the best-known dialogues of Plato's middle period, along with the Republic and the Symposium. The...