Book Description

A giant of the ancient literary world, Plato has shaped the works of many other great minds. This collection offers Plato’s complete works, including the apocrypha texts, as well as all of Plato’s original Greek texts. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents Plato’s complete extant works, with relevant illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) Features: * ALL of the dialogues, with excellent formatting * ALL of the spurious works in English translation, including texts often missed out of other collections * individual contents tables for the longer dialogues, enabling you to navigate the texts with ease * concise introductions for all of the works, giving valuable contextual information * includes Plato’s epigrams and epistles * many of the translations have also appeared in the famous Loeb Classical Library editions of Plato * features translations by Benjamin Jowett * special Greek pronunciation pages – experience the true sound of Plato’s 2500 year-old wisdom! * numerous images relating to Plato, his works and the places he lived in * even includes a special criticism section, with scholarly works assessing Plato’s contribution to the philosophical world * boasts three biographies by classical writers – explore Plato’s adventurous life! * includes Diogenes Laërtius’ famous biography * scholarly ordering of texts, with a front no-nonsense master table of contents * UPDATED with improved texts and translations CONTENTS: The Dialogues EUTHYPHRO APOLOGY CRITO HIPPIAS MAJOR HIPPIAS MINOR FIRST ALCIBIADES CHARMIDES LACHES LYSIS ION PHAEDO CRATYLUS EUTHYDEMUS PROTAGORAS GORGIAS MENO MENEXENUS SYMPOSIUM THE REPUBLIC PHAEDRUS PARMENIDES THEAETETUS CLITOPHON TIMAEUS CRITIAS SOPHIST STATESMAN PHILEBUS LAWS The Spurious Works SECOND ALCIBIADES HIPPARCHUS THE RIVAL LOVERS THEAGES MINOS EPINOMIS SISYPHUS AXIOCHUS DEMODOCUS ERYXIAS HALCYON ON JUSTICE ON VIRTUE DEFINITIONS EPIGRAMS The Epistles LIST OF EPISTLES The Greek Texts PRONOUNCING ANCIENT GREEK LIST OF GREEK TEXTS The Criticism PLATO AND PLATONISM by Walter Horatio Pater INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY AND WRITINGS OF PLATO by Thomas Taylor Extract from ‘REPRESENTATIVE MEN’ by Ralph Waldo Emerson PLATO: LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF GREAT TEACHERS by Elbert Hubbard The Biographies PLATO: LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS by Diogenes Laërtius THE LIFE OF PLATO by Hesychius of Miletus THE LIFE OF PLATO by Olympiodorus