Platonis Dialogi Quatuor Euthyphro Apologia Socratis Crito Phaedo Graece (1770)

by Plato

Platonis Dialogi Quatuor Euthyphro Apologia Socratis Crito Phaedo Graece est opus literarium quod quattuor dialogos continet, quorum primus est Euthyphro, secundus Apologia Socratis, tertius Crito et quartus Phaedo. Omnes dialogi Graece scripti sunt et anno 1770 editi sunt. Dialogi omnes in Socratis vita et doctrina versantur, et in his Socrates cum aliis personis colloquitur de virtute, iustitia, amicitia, morte et aliis rebus philosophicis. Libellus est una ex clarissimis et influentissimis scripturis philosophicis Graecae antiquitatis.This Book Is In Latin.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Genres: Philosophy

406 pages, Paperback

Published September 10, 2010

About the author

Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (c. 427 – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms. He raised problems for what became all the major areas of both theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, and was the founder of the Platonic Academy, a philosophical school in Athens where Plato taught the doctrines that would later become known as Platonism.
Plato's most famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He was decisively influenced by the pre-Socratic thinkers Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides, although much of what is known about them is derived from Plato himself.
Along with his teacher Socrates, and Aristotle, his student, Plato is a central figure in the history of philosophy. Plato's entire body of work is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years—unlike that of nearly all of his contemporaries. Although their popularity has fluctuated, they have consistently been read and studied through the ages. Through Neoplatonism, he also greatly influenced both Christian and Islamic philosophy. In modern times, Alfred North Whitehead famously said: "the safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato."

Reviews

[Abraham Smitz · Rating 5 out of 5]

He's the bomb diggity

[Sal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this for a free Coursera course on Kierkegaard and the Crisis of Modernity. I read them a long time ago, but it's a nice reminder to always think critically, especially in the cases when things seem most obvious.