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Dialogues of Plato. These are the dialogues ascribed to Plato in antiquity. Many of these frequently feature Socrates and are an important part of the Socratic dialogues . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dialogues by Plato.
Dialogue form suits a philosopher of Plato’s type. His use of dramatic elements, including humour, draws the reader in. Plato is unmatched in his ability to re-create the experience of conversation.
Apr 29, 2020 · Here are the Socratic Dialogues presented as Plato designed them to be - living discussions between friends and protagonists, with the personality of Socrates himself coming alive as he deals with a host of subjects, from justice and inspiration to courage, poetry and the gods.
This website exhibits the fruits of a project, commenced in 2008, to translate the complete works of Plato from the original Greek into English. This project is supported by the Foundation for Platonic Studies.
Dialogues Listed by Length and Number of Similes. The following list is arranged according to length of the Dialogues, using the word-count of the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (online) with the number of similes noted in the third column.
The early dialogues serve well as an introduction to the corpus. They are short and entertaining and fairly accessible, even to readers with no background in philosophy. Indeed, they were probably intended by Plato to draw such readers into the subject.
Presents an analysis of Plato’s dialogues within the context of a cultural history of Greece; emphasizes the Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, Symposium, Republic, Phaedrus, and Laws. Provocative ...
