Plato

Obra maestra de la literatura de todos los tiempos, El Banquete de Platón logró reunir, en delicado equilibrio, la perfección literaria con un profundo saber filosófico. Su tema central es el Eros como ser divino y como pasión amorosa. En el presente libro se ha querido destacar en forma especial los siete discursos que conforman el diálogo. Cada orador desarrolla una visión personal sobre el tema del eros, en el ambiente de un banquete ofrecido...

APOLOGY (The Apology of Socrates), by Plato, is the Socratic dialogue that offers the speech of legal self-defence, which Socrates presented at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BC.

Two major works by one of history's best known and most widely read and studied philosophers. In Gorgias, an exploration of the proposition that it is better to suffer wrong than to do wrong, Socrates debates with an amoral young sophist and assets that it is preferable to endure someone else's bad conduct than to be the source of bad behavior.Timaeus relates a creation myth that concludes with the birth of humanity, in which Socrates demonstrates...

In "Meno," Socrates and Meno set out to find teachers of ethics. When they are unable to find any, the reader is left wondering if knowledge, goodness, and justness can be taught. "Parmenides" tells of the meeting between a young Socrates and two philosophers from the Eleatic school, Parmenides and Zeno. In his most challenging work of philosophy, Plato debates monism and plurality. In "Theaetetus," Socrates and Theaetetus explore the three definitions...

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BCE, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work, and one of the world's most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically. In the dialogue, Socrates discusses the meaning of justice and whether the just man is happier than the unjust man with various Athenians and...

Extrait : "J'allais de l'Académie directement au Lycée par la route extérieure qui longe les murs. Parvenu à la petite porte o se trouve la source de Panops, je rencontrai là Hippothalès, fils d'Hiéronyme et Ctésippe de Paenie, et avec eux un groupe nombreux d'autres jeunes gens." À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN : Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de grands classiques de la littérature ainsi que des livres rares,...

Extrait : "L'AMI DE SOCRATE : D'o viens-tu, Socrate ? sans doute de la chasse, de la chasse à la beauté d'Alcibiade , A dire vrai, je l'ai vu il n'y a pas longtemps, et je trouve que c'est toujours un bel homme, mais un homme pourtant, soit dit entre nous, Socrate, et déjà bien barbu." À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN : Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de grands classiques de la littérature ainsi que des livres rares,...

Translated by the noted classical scholar Francis M. Cornford, this edition of two masterpieces of Plato's later period features extensive ongoing commentaries by Cornford that provide helpful background information and valuable insights. Both works pose eternal questions that keep these dialogs ever-relevant not only for students of philosophy but also for every reader and thinker. The Theatetus offers a systematic treatment of the question, "What...

The influence of Plato, his Dialogues and his 'Academy', cast a long shadow. Around 35 Dialogues, almost all featuring Socrates as the principal figure, are generally ascribed to Plato and form one of the most important threads in Western philosophy These four Dialogues may fall into the 'Attributed Texts' category, but they are of sufficient interest to warrant study in our time and when set against the principal canon. The recording opens with...

Take a seat in the court of ancient Athens as Socrates goes on trial for his life. Hear the philosopher face his accusers with his trademark wit, his cutting logic, and the courage of his ideals. Consider his arguments on virtue, justice, politics, civic duty, love of life, and hope in death, and make your own judgment.Think. Question. Change.