{"product_id":"timaeus-critias-cleitophon-menexenus-epistles-by-plato-9780674992573","title":"Timaeus. Critias. Cleitophon. Menexenus. Epistles","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In his early manhood, he was an admirer of Socrates and later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove of Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; it is probable that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution, while it is possible he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily. It is likely he was wealthy, and it is obvious he was critical of 'advanced' democracy. He lived to be 80 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLinguistic tests, including those of computer science, still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, which are written in splendid prose and reveal Socrates' mind fused with Plato's thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLaches, Charmides,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLysis,\u003c\/em\u003e Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. \u003cem\u003eProtagoras, Ion,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMeno\u003c\/em\u003e discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In \u003cem\u003eGorgias,\u003c\/em\u003e Socrates is estranged from his city's thought, and his fate is impending. The \u003cem\u003eApology\u003c\/em\u003e (not a dialogue), \u003cem\u003eCrito, Euthyphro,\u003c\/em\u003e and the unforgettable \u003cem\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/em\u003e relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the famous \u003cem\u003eSymposium\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePhaedrus,\u003c\/em\u003e written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. \u003cem\u003eCratylus\u003c\/em\u003e discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the \u003cem\u003eRepublic,\u003c\/em\u003e concerns righteousness and involves education, equality of the sexes, the structure of society, and the abolition of slavery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf the six so-called dialectical dialogues, \u003cem\u003eEuthydemus\u003c\/em\u003e deals with philosophy; metaphysical \u003cem\u003eParmenides\u003c\/em\u003e is about general concepts and absolute being; \u003cem\u003eTheaetetus\u003c\/em\u003e reasons about the theory of knowledge. Of its sequels, \u003cem\u003eSophist\u003c\/em\u003e deals with not-being; \u003cem\u003ePoliticus\u003c\/em\u003e with good and bad statesmanship and governments; \u003cem\u003ePhilebus\u003c\/em\u003e with what is good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eTimaeus\u003c\/em\u003e seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished \u003cem\u003eCritias\u003c\/em\u003e treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Plato's last work, the twelve books of \u003cem\u003eLaws\u003c\/em\u003e (Socrates is absent from it), a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Loeb Classical Library edition of Plato is in twelve volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647745081580,"sku":"9780674992573","price":95.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8e860de218759e03a5400656b504424b.jpg?v=1779234219","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/timaeus-critias-cleitophon-menexenus-epistles-by-plato-9780674992573","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}