THE BRANCH LIBRAR ES 1 3 3333 20129 5O33 PLATO EUTHYPHRO APOLOGY CRITO PHAEDO PHAEDRUS WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY HAROLD NORTH FOWLER INTRODUCTION BY W. Of the six so- called dialectical dialogues Euthydemus deals with philosophy metaphysical Parmenides is Continued on back flap 184 P Plato. The great masterpiece in ten books, the Republic, concerns righ- teousness (and involves education, equalof the sexes, the structure of society, ity and abolition of slavery).
Cratylus discusses the nature of language. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. The thought, Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. o o Gorgias, Socrates is estranged and his fate is from his city's impending. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness In can be taught. o In Laches, Charmides, and Socrates Lysis, and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. tests Linguistic puter science of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates' mind fused with Plato's thought.
including those of comstill try to establish the order obvious. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible that he was wealthy is likely that he was critical of 'advanced' democ- racy is He lived to be 80 years old. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. 1 1 n i i i PLATO EUTHYPHRO APOLOGY CRITO PHAEDO PHAEDRUS i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i Translated by HAROLD NORTH FOWLER PLATO, was born the great philosopher of Athens, in 427 BC.
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