Plato

The Apology is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defended himself in 399 BC against the charges of "corrupting the young, and by not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other daimonia that are novel". "Apology" here has its earlier meaning of speaking in defense of a cause or of …

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 …

Menon er en av Platons tidlige eller sokratiske dialoger, men regnes ofte som en overgangsdialog, som peker mot hans midtre dialoger. Sokrates forsøker i samtale med Menon å bestemme hva dyd er, og hvorvidt det kan læres, eller sagt på en annen måte: Hvordan en kan utvikle seg til et godt menneske.