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The Classical Greek philosopher Plato was instrumental to the development of Western philosophy and science. Plato was born to an aristocratic family and was well-educated. He founded the Academy, one of the first institutions of higher learning, around 385 BC. Plato was highly influenced by his teacher, Socrates. Socrates was condemned to death after being accused of corrupting his young followers. After Socrates' death, Plato recorded several dialogues detailing what he remembered from Socrates' teachings and interactions with others. Almost everything known about Socrates comes from Plato's dialogues. Plato's writings have been revised and interpreted by a variety of publishers.

To learn more about Plato's and Socrates' ideas of justice and political theory, listen to The Republic, available as a full cast dramatization an audio download.

You can listen to The Symposium to find out Plato's thoughts on the nature and purpose of love. The Symposium details these notions as a series of speeches given by men attending a symposium, including Socrates, and is available on audio download.

You can also learn about the trial that led to Socrates' death in Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo, available on audio download. These dialogues describe the trial, Socrates' defense, his imprisonment, and his execution.

For our ultimate guide to Socrates and Plato check out our article: Plato Out Loud.

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The Republic is a Socratic dialogue by Plato, written in approximately 380 BC. It is one of the most influential works of philosophy and political theory, and arguably Plato's best known work.

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In The Republic, Plato tackles the big issues of the state and the individual: how the state should be ruled, and by whom; and the way the individual should lead his life - and why...

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Theaetetus discusses concepts including perception, true judgment and knowledge.

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The Trial and the Death of Socrates remains a powerful document...

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Laws is Plato's last and longest dialogue. It is generally agreed that Plato wrote this dialogue as an older man, having failed in his effort in Syracuse on the island of Sicily to guide a tyrant's rule, instead having been thrown in prison.

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In Plato's ION, Socrates questions Ion, whether he should really claim laud and glory for his 'rhapsodic' recitals of Homer's poetry.

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Plato's Phaedo is one of the great dialogues of his middle period, along with the Republic and the Symposium.

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Jowett, in his always informative introduction, sees this dialogue as transitional between the early and middle dialogues.

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As Jowett relates in his brilliant introduction, 95% of Plato's writing is certain and his reputation rests soundly on this foundation. The Alcibiades 1 appears to be a short work by Plato with only two characters: Socrates and Alcibiades.

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Meno is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato. Written in the Socratic dialectic style, it attempts to determine the definition of virtue, or arete, meaning in this case virtue in general, rather than particular virtues, such as justice or temperance.

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