Plato






Plato

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Athens, Greece


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Birth c. 428–427 BC, Athens

Death c. 348–347 BC, Athens




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The Republic The Republic
by Plato, Desmond Lee (translator)
avg rating 3.71 — 6,147 ratings — published 380
148 editions
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The Symposium The Symposium
by Plato, Christopher Gill (Translator, Introduction, Notes)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,589 ratings — published 1956
64 editions
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The Trial and Death of Socrate... The Trial and Death of Socrates (3rd Edition)
by Plato, G.M.A. Grube (Translator)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,345 ratings — published 1954
22 editions
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Five Dialogues Five Dialogues
by Plato, G.M.A. Grube (translator)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,052 ratings — published 1938
4 editions
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Apology Apology
by Plato, James J. Helm (Editor)
avg rating 3.96 — 813 ratings — published 1920
19 editions
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Complete Works Complete Works
by Plato, John M. Cooper (editor), Paul Ryan (Translator), Dorothea Frede (Translator), Alexander Nehamas (Translator), Paul Woodruff (Translator), Anthony Kenny (Translator), Rosamond Kent Sprague (Translator) more...
avg rating 4.37 — 459 ratings — published 1920
26 editions
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Phaedrus Phaedrus
by Plato, Paul Woodruff (Translator), Alexander Nehamas (Translator)
avg rating 3.79 — 411 ratings — published 1972
25 editions
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Gorgias Gorgias
by Plato
avg rating 3.73 — 377 ratings — published 1952
37 editions
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Great Dialogues of Plato Great Dialogues of Plato
by Plato, Rouse (translator)
avg rating 4.00 — 237 ratings — published 1938
10 editions
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Meno Meno
by Plato, G.M.A. Grube (translator)
avg rating 3.79 — 232 ratings — published 1971
13 editions
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"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."
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"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. "
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"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
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