《소크라테스의 변론》은 플라톤의 저작 가운데 대화록이 아닌 유일한 작품이다. 작품의 주제는 이미 제목이 예시 하듯이 소크라테스가 법정에서 자신의 입장을 변호하면서, 당시의 그리고 일반적으로 인간 생활에서 관찰하게 되는 사회적, 윤리적 문제점에 대한 …
All the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic are here presented in the only complete one-volume Plato available in English. The editors set out to choose the contents of this collected edition from the work of the best British and American translators of the last 100 years, ranging from Jowett (1871) …
The Theaetetus is one of Plato's dialogues concerning the nature of knowledge, written circa 369 BC. In this dialogue, Socrates and Theaetetus discuss three definitions of knowledge: knowledge as nothing but perception, knowledge as true judgement, and, finally, knowledge as a true judgement with an account. Each of …
Meno is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato. It attempts to determine the definition of virtue, or arete, meaning virtue in general, rather than particular virtues, such as justice or temperance. The first part of the work is written in the Socratic dialectical style and Meno is reduced to confusion or aporia. In …