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1	Last Days of Socrates more books like this by Plato add to wishlist The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of Classical Athens. In tracing these events through four dialogues, Plato also developed his own philosophy, based on Socrates' manifesto for a life guided by self-responsibility. Euthyphro finds Socrates outside the court ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Guided Tour of Five Works by Plato: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo (Death Scene), Allegory of the Cave more books like this by Christopher Biffle, Biffle Christopher add to wishlist This accessible supplement makes Plato's texts come alive for students, by showing them how to read, think critically, and write about these key classic works. Engaging interactive devices draw students into an intimate philosophical encounter that they can model in later work in philosophy. see all copies from $5.45! new only from $36.50!
3	The Cambridge Companion to Plato more books like this by Richard Kraut (Editor) add to wishlist Plato stands as the fount of our philosophical tradition, being the first Western thinker to produce a body of writing that touches upon a wide range of topics still discussed by philosophers today. In a sense he invented philosophy as a distinct subject, for although many of these topics were discussed by his intellectual predecessors and ... see all copies from $7.82! new only from $9.98! \| SVS
4	Before & After Socrates more books like this by Francis MacDonald Cornford add to wishlist ...a brilliant commentary on the Greek mind and its attitude to life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| SVS
5	Plato, I, Euthyphro. Apology. Crito. Phaedo. Phaedrus more books like this by Plato, A E Taylor, H N Fowler (Translator) add to wishlist Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. 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; ... see all copies from $10.83! new only from $23.49! \| SVS
6	An Introduction to Plato's Republic more books like this by Julia Annas add to wishlist This book aims to make the `Republic' accessible and intelligible to those coming to it for the first time, or with little or no philosophical background, but it also contains much of interest to the more advanced student. see all copies from $22.78! new only from $54.01!
7	Women in Western Political Thought more books like this by Susan Moller Okin add to wishlist Why hasn't real equality between the sexes resulted from the formal enfranchisement of women? Susan Moller Okin finds an answer to this question in the existing tradition of political theory, which requires the subordination of women. An exploration of the "functionalist" view of women in Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau and John Stuart Mill, this work, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.95!
8	The Theaetetus of Plato more books like this by Myles F. Burnyeat, Plato, M. J. Levett (Translator) add to wishlist A remarkable book, destined to become a classic in its field. In the lucidity, penetration, and rigor of its analyses of the philosophical positions with which Plato experiments in this dialogue and in its power to connect these positions with present day metaphysical and epistemological theories it has no superior. see all copies from $4.71! new only from $16.55!
9	Plato's Phaedo more books like this by Eva T Brann, Peter Kalkavage, Eric Salem add to wishlist Translation in English, with an introduction and glossary of key terms. Socrates on death, dying, and the soul. see all copies from $5.34! new only from $8.66! \| SVS
10	Preface to Plato more books like this by Eric Havelock add to wishlist Plato's frontal attack on poetry has always been a problem for sympathetic students, who have often minimized or avoided it. Beginning with the premise that the attack must be taken seriously, Mr. Havelock shows that Plato's hostility is explained by the continued domination of the poetic tradition in contemporary Greek thought. The reason for ... see all copies from $13.73! new only from $13.80! \| first editions
11 view cover	Dialogue and Dialectic: Eight Hermeneutical Studies on Plato more books like this by Hans-Georg Gadamer add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! new only from $20.24! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Development of Plato's Political Theory more books like this by George Klosko add to wishlist Since its publication twenty years ago, the first edition of this work has been the closest thing to a standard book on Plato's political theory. Like the first edition, this edition of The Development of Plato's Political Theory provides a clear, scholarly account of Plato's political theory in the context of the social and political events of ... see all copies from $4.29! new only from $33.00! \| first editions
13 view cover	Plato's ethics more books like this by Terence H Irwin (Editor) add to wishlist This book expounds and examines Plato's answer to the normative question, 'how ought we to live?' It discusses Plato's conception of the virtues; his views about the connection between these and happiness; and the account of reason, desire, and motivation that underlies his arguments about the virtues. Irwin traces the development of Plato's moral ... see all copies from $14.47! new only from $24.13! \| SVS
14 view cover	Platonis Respublica more books like this by Plato, S R Slings (Editor) add to wishlist This is the first edition of Plato's Republic to be based on an exhaustive examination of all the textual evidence - manuscripts, including papyri; quotations and allusions in ancient authors; translations into Coptic, Arabic and Hebrew. The three primary manuscripts have been examined with particular care. Many new readings have been introduced ... see all copies from $49.97! new only from $49.97! \| first editions
15 view cover	Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato's "Republic" more books like this by David Roochnik add to wishlist see all copies from $12.95! new only from $12.95! \| first editions
16 view cover	Plato's Republic: A Study more books like this by Stanley Rosen add to wishlist In this book a distinguished philosopher offers a comprehensive interpretation of Plato's most controversial dialogue. Treating "The Republic" as a unity and focusing on the dramatic form as the presentation of the argument, Stanley Rosen challenges earlier analyses of the "Republic" (including the ironic reading of Leo Strauss and his disciples) ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $12.30! \| SVS
17 view cover	Platonic Ethics, Old and New more books like this by Julia Annas add to wishlist Julia Annas here offers a fundamental reexamination of Plato's ethical thought by investigating the Middle Platonist perspective, which emerged at the end of Plato's own school, the Academy. She highlights the differences between ancient and modern assumptions about Plato's ethics-and stresses the need to be more critical about our own. One of ... see all copies from $11.55! new only from $16.95! \| SVS
18 view cover	Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Plato and the Republic more books like this by Nickolas Pappas add to wishlist This Routledge Philosophy GuideBook introduces one of the greatest works of Western thought, Plato's Republic . The Republic is the most studied work of philosophy and is a key work in introductory philosophy, ancient philosophy and political theory courses. Indeed, the influence of the arguments and positions that Plato puts forward in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.95! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Cambridge Companion to Plato's Republic more books like this by G R F Ferrari (Editor) add to wishlist This Companion provides a fresh and comprehensive account of this outstanding work, which remains among the most frequently read works of Greek philosophy, indeed of Classical antiquity in general. The sixteen essays, by authors who represent various academic disciplines, bring a spectrum of interpretive approaches to bear in order to aid the ... see all copies from $20.08! new only from $20.08! \| SVS
20 view cover	Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life more books like this by Daniel C Russell add to wishlist Daniel Russell examines Plato's subtle and insightful analysis of pleasure and explores its intimate connections with his discussions of value and human psychology. Russell offers a fresh perspective on how good things bear on happiness in Plato's ethics, and shows that, for Plato, pleasure cannot determine happiness because pleasure lacks a ... see all copies from $10.69! new only from $15.98! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Plato's Dialogue on Friendship: An Interpretation of the Lysis, with a New Translation more books like this by David Bolotin add to wishlist see all copies from $4.59! new only from $17.67! \| first editions
22 view cover	Commentary on Platos Symposium on Love more books like this by Marsilio Ficino, Sears Reynolds Jayne (Photographer) add to wishlist If you have read one paragraph of any James Hillman book, you know Marsilio Ficino is the Godfather of archetypal psychology. This man turned Western Europe on its psychological ear. Ficinos occult vision of eros and beauty influenced not only Botticelli and Michelangelo, but everyone else ever since who cares about love and soul. A must for your ... see all copies from $165.62! new only from $512.63!
23 view cover	Plato: The Man and His Work more books like this by A E Taylor add to wishlist This outstanding work by a renowned Plato scholar presents the thought of the great Greek philosopher with historical accuracy and objective analysis. A brief introductory chapter about the philosopher's life is followed by an in-depth examination of his voluminous writings, particularly the dialogues. A substantial appendix explores works often ... see all copies from $5.00! first editions
24 view cover	The Laws of Plato more books like this by Plato add to wishlist "The Laws," Plato's longest dialogue, has for centuries been recognized as the most comprehensive exposition of the "practical" consequences of his philosophy, a necessary corrective to the more visionary and utopian "Republic." In this animated encounter between a foreign philosopher and a powerful statesman, not only do we see reflected, in ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $29.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Plato's Symposium: A Translation by Seth Benardete with Commentaries by Allan Bloom and Seth Benardete more books like this by Plato, Seth Benardete (Commentaries by), Allan Bloom (Commentaries by) add to wishlist Plato's "Symposium" - translated here, and with a commentary - is arguably one of the greatest works on the nature of love ever written. It recounts a drinking party following an evening meal, where the guests include Aristophanes, Alcibiades and Socrates. The revellers discuss a variety of topics. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $11.93! \| first editions \| SVS

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