No. 20 of 200 · Great Authors
348 BC
Major worksRepublic, Symposium, Phaedo, Apology, Timaeus, Laws, Phaedrus
The Athenian philosopher and student of Socrates whose dialogues, including the Republic, Symposium, and Phaedo, lie at the foundation of Western philosophy. Writing almost always through the voice of Socrates, he shaped enduring questions about justice, knowledge, love, and the nature of reality so profoundly that all later thought has been called a series of footnotes to him.
Read the dialogues in the printed order, starting with Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo.
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