The Crito seems intended to exhibit the character of Socrates in one light only, not as the philosopher, fulfilling a divine mission and trusting in the will of heaven, but simply...

Euthydemus, written c. 384 BC, is a dialogue by Plato which satirizes what Plato presents as the logical fallacies of the Sophists.In it, Socrates describes to his friend Crito a...

Protagoras is a dialogue by Plato.Plato (424/423[b] – 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of...

Plato's Cratylus is a dialogue about the correctness of namesPlato (424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens,...

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

The Apology of Socrates by Plato, is the Socratic dialogue that presents the speech of legal self-defence, which Socrates presented at his trial for impiety and corruption, in 399...

What is Friendship? Youthfulness and sense of beauty pervades, rich in the description of Greek life. The question is again raised of the relation of knowledge to virtue and good,...

Timaeus is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of a long monologue given by the title character Timaeus of Locri, written c. 360 BC.Plato (424/423 – 348/347 BC)...

Parmenides is one of the dialogues of Plato. It is widely considered to be one of the more, if not the most, challenging and enigmatic of Plato's dialogues. The Parmenides...

The Sophist is a Platonic dialogue from the philosopher's late period, most likely written in 360 BC. Its main theme is to identify what a sophist is and how a sophist differs...