LIBROS DEL AUTOR: plato plato

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  • Euthydemus
    Plato
    'Euthydemus is Plato’s defense of Socratic dialogue as a means to pursue truth.In Euthydemus, Plato has Socrates engage in a conversation with the title character and his brother Dionysodorus, both famous Sophists. They are representative of a type of argument, which Plato calls ’eristic’, that emphasizes verbal trickery in order to humiliate your opponent and win your debate....
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  • Gorgias
    Plato
    'Plato’s Gorgias takes on the immortal themes of power, persuasion, and virtue.In ancient Athens, tremendous power lay in the ability to persuade, the art known as rhetoric. In this dialogue, Plato’s teacher Socrates visits Gorgias, an eminent rhetorician, to question him about his profession and what is ultimately achieved by it. The discussion then turns to power and where ...
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    27,76 €

  • Laws
    Plato
    'Plato’s The Laws are just that - a vision of a complete legal system for an Ancient Greek city.Three old men are on a religious pilgrimage - an Athenian, a Spartan, and a Cretan. As they travel, it emerges that the Cretan has been given the duty to come up with laws for a new colony, and the men spend the rest of their journey devising and discussing these laws. Following f...
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    32,36 €

  • Meno
    Plato
    'Meno is an absorbing look at the question of human virtue.As in most of Plato’s dialogues, Meno features Socrates engaging a prominent thinker and attempting to draw out the implications of his theories. The topic at hand is virtue - what is it? Is it the same for everyone? Where does it come from? In Meno, Socrates also makes the case for the immortality of the soul, and ...
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  • Alcibiades I & II
    Plato
    Alcibiades is a young Athenian man, arrogant and intelligent, pondering his future course in life. Socrates is older, wiser, and devoted to Alcibiades. In a series of dialogues, Socrates attempts to convince the younger man to abandon his political ambition and choose the philisophical life.In antiquity, the Alcibiades were regarded as the perfect introduction to Platonic phi...
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  • Charmides
    Plato
    Charmides is a classic Socratic dialogue which seeks to elucidate a single concept - that of sophrosyne, a Greek word most commonly translated into English as ’temperance.’ As in many of his great works, Plato gives voice to his teacher Socrates, placing him in conversation with others who are less wise and more willing to commit themselves to untenable positions. Temperance ...
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    14,56 €

  • Cratylus
    Plato
    Cratylus is Plato’s only foray into linguistic philosophy, examining the relationship between language and truth. Hermogenes and Cratylus take opposing views of the nature of language. Hermogenes claims that all names are conventional, having no intrinsic relationship to the objects that they name, whilst Cratylus holds that names do have a relationship with the objects of the ...
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    15,46 €

  • Euthydemus
    Plato
    Euthydemus is Plato’s defense of Socratic dialogue as a means to pursue truth.In Euthydemus, Plato has Socrates engage in a conversation with the title character and his brother Dionysodorus, both famous Sophists. They are representative of a type of argument, which Plato calls ’eristic’, that emphasizes verbal trickery in order to humiliate your opponent and win your debate. ...
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    14,55 €

  • The Complete Works of Plato, Volume I
    Plato
    'Collected here in two volumes are the complete works of Plato, in the classic translation by Benjamin Jowett. One of the most influential thinkers of Ancient Greece or any other era, Plato formed the basis of Western philosophy. Mostly written in the form of dialogues with his teacher Socrates as the protagonist, his works address themes as varied as metaphysics, psycholo...
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    37,39 €

  • The Complete Works of Plato, Volume II
    Plato
    Collected here in two volumes are the complete works of Plato, in the classic translation by Benjamin Jowett. One of the most influential thinkers of Ancient Greece or any other era, Plato formed the basis of Western philosophy. Mostly written in the form of dialogues with his teacher Socrates as the protagonist, his works address themes as varied as metaphysics, psycholog...
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    37,26 €

  • Symposium
    Plato
    Symposium is Plato’s masterwork on the subject of love.Socrates arrives late to the party of an aristocratic friend, where it is proposed that each guest shall give a speech on the subject of love. The speeches are by turn comic, absurd and unexpectedly profound. Yet it is Socrates’ speech that stands out. In it he tells of his instruction by the priestess Diotima in the myster...
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    12,28 €

  • The Republic
    Plato
    The Republic is arguably the greatest of Plato’s dialogues. Although its subject is the ideal state, it encompasses education, psychology, ethics and politics. In the Republic’s central passage, Plato uses myth to explore the nature of reality, conveying a vision of the human predicament and the role of philosophy in setting us free. He imagines a cave whose inhabitants are cha...
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    21,11 €

  • Theaetetus
    Plato
    In Plato’s Theaetetus, Socrates engages a young geometry student in a conversation about the nature of knowledge. Beginning with the idea of knowledge as sensory perception, and then looking at knowledge as a form of belief, Socrates and Theaetetus draw out the problems inherent in these theories. The discussion takes place in the shadow of Socrates’ trial and execution, and...
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    15,44 €

  • Theaetetus
    Plato
    In Plato’s Theaetetus, Socrates engages a young geometry student in a conversation about the nature of knowledge. Beginning with the idea of knowledge as sensory perception, and then looking at knowledge as a form of belief, Socrates and Theaetetus draw out the problems inherent in these theories. The discussion takes place in the shadow of Socrates’ trial and execution, and...
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    26,69 €

  • Timaeus
    Plato
    Timaeus is a work of dramatic scope, presenting a view of the world as Plato knew it. Beginning with an account of the origins of the universe and ending with an exploration of human health and psychology, the book puts forward a coherent explanation of the physical and metaphysical realms and their connection with each other. As extraordinary as they may seem now, Plato’s vi...
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    26,67 €

  • Menexenus, Euthyphro, Laches and Lysis Dialogues of Plato
    Plato
    MenexenusThe Menexenus is in large part a funeral oration delivered by Socrates, which he claims was provided by Aspasia, Pericles’ mistress. Interpreters of the work are divided over the intention of the work and how it should be understood. It is a parody, an exercise in rhetoric, or serious and a representation of Plato’s political ideals?EuthyphroOften underrated, Euthyphro...
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    26,76 €

  • Apology, Crito, Critias and ION Dialogues of Plato
    Plato
    ApologyPossibly one of Plato’s first works, the Apology presents Socrates’ own defense and in the process helps define his philosophy. He wished to change the way in which his contemporaries viewed the world and believed 'the unexamined life is not worth living.'CritoSocrates is sentenced to death, but his friend Crito bribes the guards to enable is escape. Crito feeling that t...
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    25,77 €

  • The Complete Works of Plato, Volume I
    Plato
    Collected here in two volumes are the complete works of Plato, in the classic translation by Benjamin Jowett. One of the most influential thinkers of Ancient Greece or any other era, Plato formed the basis of Western philosophy. Mostly written in the form of dialogues with his teacher Socrates as the protagonist, his works address themes as varied as metaphysics, psycholog...
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    26,14 €

  • The Complete Works of Plato, Volume II
    Plato
    Collected here in two volumes are the complete works of Plato, in the classic translation by Benjamin Jowett. One of the most influential thinkers of Ancient Greece or any other era, Plato formed the basis of Western philosophy. Mostly written in the form of dialogues with his teacher Socrates as the protagonist, his works address themes as varied as metaphysics, psycholog...
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    26,02 €

  • Timaeus
    Plato
    Timaeus is a work of dramatic scope, presenting a view of the world as Plato knew it. Beginning with an account of the origins of the universe and ending with an exploration of human health and psychology, the book puts forward a coherent explanation of the physical and metaphysical realms and their connection with each other. As extraordinary as they may seem now, Plato’s vi...
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    15,41 €

  • Menexenus, Euthyphro, Laches and Lysis Dialogues of Plato
    Plato
    MenexenusThe Menexenus is in large part a funeral oration delivered by Socrates, which he claims was provided by Aspasia, Pericles’ mistress. Interpreters of the work are divided over the intention of the work and how it should be understood. It is a parody, an exercise in rhetoric, or serious and a representation of Plato’s political ideals?EuthyphroOften underrated, Euthyphro...
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    15,51 €

  • Apology, Crito, Critias and ION Dialogues of Plato
    Plato
    ApologyPossibly one of Plato’s first works, the Apology presents Socrates’ own defense and in the process helps define his philosophy. He wished to change the way in which his contemporaries viewed the world and believed 'the unexamined life is not worth living.'CritoSocrates is sentenced to death, but his friend Crito bribes the guards to enable is escape. Crito feeling that t...
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    14,52 €

  • An Essay On The Ancient And Modern Greek Languages (1844)
    Christophoros Plato Castanis
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    12,55 €

  • Les Vies D’Epicure, De Platon Et De Pythagore (1752)
    Epicurus / Plato / Pythagoras
    Les Vies d’Epicure, de Platon et de Pythagore est un ouvrage �����crit par Epicure en 1752. Ce livre retrace la vie et les enseignements de trois grands philosophes grecs : Epicure, Platon et Pythagore. Epicure, fondateur de l’�����picurisme, pr�����ne une vie simple et heureuse, loin des plaisirs excessifs. Platon, quant ������ lui, est connu pour sa th�����orie des id�����es ...
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    27,99 €

  • Le Banquet de Platon (1732)
    Jean Baptiste Racine / Marie-Madelene Rochechouart / Plato
    Le Banquet de Platon est un texte philosophique majeur de l’Antiquit����� grecque, �����crit par le c�����l�����bre philosophe Platon. Publi����� pour la premi�����re fois en 1732, ce livre pr�����sente une s�����rie de discours prononc�����s lors d’un banquet organis����� en l’honneur d’un po�����te. Les invit�����s, qui sont tous des hommes, discutent de l’amour, de la beaut�...
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    26,97 €

  • Select Dialogues Of Plato
    Plato
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    30,65 €

  • Platonis Dialogi Quatuor Euthyphro Apologia Socratis Crito Phaedo Graece (1770)
    Plato
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    25,95 €

  • Platons Gastmahl
    Plato
    Platons Gastmahl ist ein Dialog, der von dem antiken griechischen Philosophen Plato verfasst wurde und im Jahr 1782 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Der Dialog folgt einer Gruppe von M�����nnern, die sich zu einem Festmahl versammelt haben, um �����ber die Natur der Liebe und der Sch������nheit zu diskutieren. Der Dialog wird von dem ber�����hmten Philosophen Sokrates angef�����hrt, ...
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    30,09 €

  • The Trial and Death of Socrates
    Plato
    The trial of Socrates refers to the trial and the subsequent execution of the Athenian philosopher Socrates in 399 BC. Socrates was tried and convicted by the courts of democratic Athens on a charge of corrupting the youth and disbelieving in the ancestral gods. The trial was described by two of Socrates’ contemporaries, Plato and Xenophon, and is one of the most famous trials ...
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    18,66 €

  • Five Great Dialogues of Plato
    Plato / Benjamin Jowett
    These dialogues by Plato have been translated from the original Greek by the scholar and classicist Benjamin Jowett, whose translations are known for their elegance and accuracy. ...
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    11,07 €