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...The Republic is a Socratic dialogue by Plato, written in approximately 380 BC. It is one of the most influential works of philosophy and political theory, and arguably Plato's best known work. In it, Socrates and various other Athenians and foreigners discuss the ...

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...cument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Sophist by Plato, trans. by Benjamin Jowett , the Pennsylvania State University, El... ...nnsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Sophist – Plato SOPHIST by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION AND ANA... ...in Jowett INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS THE DRAMATIC POWER of the dialogues of Plato ap pears to diminish as the metaphysical interest of them increase... ... of Hegel seemed to find in the Sophist the crown and summit of the Platonic philosophy—here is the place at which Plato most nearly approaches to the... ...on which they are intended to meet. The sophisms of the day were undermining philosophy; the denial of the existence of Not being, and of the connexio... ...fancy of Plato, now boast ful, now eristic, now clothing himself in rags of philosophy , now more akin to the rhetorician or lawyer , now haranguing,... ...than his witness against them. Of that national de cline of genius, unity , political force, which has been sometimes described as the corruption of ...

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Excerpt: Philebus by Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett.

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...in Jowett A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Philebus by Plato, trans. Benjamin Jowett is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Philebus by Plato, trans. Benjamin Jowett, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Plato Philebus by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION AND ANAL... ..., derived from a previous state of existence, is a note of progress in the philosophy of Plato. The transcendental theory of pre-existent ideas, which... ...he greater feebleness of age, or to the development of the quarrel between philosophy and po- etry in Plato’s own mind, or perhaps, in some degree, to... ...roken up into a number of indi- viduals, or be in and out of them at once. Philosophy had so deepened or intensified the nature of one or Being, by th... ...s purchased at the expense of definiteness. Again, there are the legal and political principles of morals—freedom, equality, rights of persons; ‘Every... ...the eye of the law and of the legislator.’ There is also the other sort of political morality, which if not beginning with ‘Might is right,’ at any ra...

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Excerpt: Phaedrus by Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett.

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...ument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Phaedrus by Plato, trans. Benjamin Jowett , the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Phaedrus PHAEDRUS by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION. THE PHAEDRUS IS close... ...ntro ducing or following it. The two Dialogues to gether contain the whole philosophy of Plato on the nature of love, which in the Republic and in t... ...r following it. The two Dialogues to gether contain the whole philosophy of Plato on the nature of love, which in the Republic and in the later writi... ... fully or as a figure of speech. But in the Phaedrus and Symposium love and philosophy join hands, and one is an aspect of the other. The spiritual a... ...hosen the life of a philosopher or of a 9 Phaedrus lover who is not without philosophy receives her wings at the close of the third millennium; the r... ...sm in history , the want of sim plicity or delicacy in poetry , the want of political freedom, which is the true atmosphere of public speaking, in or... ... root of literary excellence. It had no life or aspi ration, no national or political force, no desire for consistency , no love of knowledge for its... ...k Lysias, or any other poet or orator, who ever wrote or will write either a political or any other work, in metre or out of metre, poet or prose writ...

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...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Statesman by Plato, trans. Benjamin Jowett, the Pennsylvania State University, Electro... ...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Plato ST ST ST ST STA A A A ATESMAN TESMAN TESMAN TESMAN TESMAN by by by ... ...ato ST ST ST ST STA A A A ATESMAN TESMAN TESMAN TESMAN TESMAN by by by by by Plato Plato Plato Plato Plato T T T T Translated by Benjamin Jowett ransl... ...d, not with the original Sophist, but with the soph- istry of the schools of philosophy , which are mak- ing reasoning impossible; and is driven by th... ...onscious of the realities of human life. Yet the ideal glory of the Platonic philosophy is not 4 Statesman extinguished. He is still looking for a ci... ...ophist, has no appropriate character, and appears only as the expositor of a political ideal, in the de- lineation of which he is frequently interrupt... ...which are suggested by the presence of Theodorus, the geometrician. There is political as well as logical insight in refusing to admit the division of... ...t which prevail in the world. To the Greek, nomos was a sacred word, but the political idealism of Plato soars into a region beyond; for the laws he w... ...er but with the animals, they had em- ployed these advantages with a view to philosophy , gathering from every nature some addition to their store of ...

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Excerpt: Symposium by Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett.

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...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Symposium by Plato, trans. Benjamin Jowett , the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Plato s Symposium SYMPOSIUM by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTROD... ... said of one of his own writings, more than the author himself knew . For in philosophy as in prophecy glimpses of the fu ture may often be conveyed ... ...d not have been expressed by him if he had been interrogated about them. Yet Plato was not a mystic, nor in any degree affected by the Eastern influen... ...thagorean, Eleatic, or Megarian systems, and ‘t he old quarrel of poetry and philosophy’has at least a superficial reconcilement. (Rep.) An unknown pe... ...isapprove of them; partly because 6 Plato s Symposium they are aware of the political dangers which ensue from them, as may be seen in the instance o... ...hese two customs—one the love of youth, the other the practice of virtue and philosophy— meet in one, then the lovers may lawfully unite. Nor is there... ...f Phaedrus is also described as the mythologi cal, that of Pausanias as the political, that of Eryximachus as the scientific, that of Aristophanes as... ...nger than death; from Pausanias, that the true love is akin to intellect and political activ ity; from Eryximachus, that love is a universal phenomen...

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Excerpt: Phaedo by Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett.

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...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Phaedo by Plato, Trans. Benjamin Jowett , the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Plato Phaedo by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION AFTER A... ...cratic circle, all of whom are silent auditors. Aristippus, Cleombrotus, and Plato are noted as absent. Almost as soon as the friends of Socrates ente... ...letter as well as in the spirit, by writing verses as well as bycultivating philosophy. Tell this to Evenus; and say that I would have him follow me ... .... He too has been a captive, and the willing agent of his own captivity. But philosophy has spoken to him, and he has heard her voice; she has gently ... ...ideas; of man, has a history in time, which may be traced in Greek poetry or philosophy, and also in the Hebrew Scriptures. They convert feeling into ... ...isciples are alive, so long as his books continue to be read, so long as his political or military successes fill a page in the history of his country...

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...y s Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor The Republic by Plato is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Republic by Plato , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...998 The Pennsylvania State University Cover design by Jim Manis, Statue of Plato. The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university... ...tempt made to interweave life and speculation, or to connect politics with philosophy. The Republic is the centre around which the other Dialogues may... ...public is the centre around which the other Dialogues may be grouped; here philosophy reaches the highest point to which ancient thinkers ever attaine... ...to. The 3 greatest of all logical truths, and the one of which writers on philosophy are most apt to lose sight, the difference be tween words and t... ...design which was to have included an ideal history of Athens, as well as a political and physical philosophy. The fragment of the Critias has given bi... ...d the contemplation of the idea of good takes the place of the social and political virtues. In the eighth and ninth books (4) the perversions of Sta... ...s and in motions of the heavenly bod ies. The Timaeus, which takes up the political rather than the ethical side of the Republic, and is chiefly occu...

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Excerpt: Plato?s ?Protagoras,?translated by Benjamin Jowett.

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...thin the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Plato’s “Protagoras,”translated by Benjamin Jowett, the Pennsylvania Sta... ...ylvania State University is an equal opportunity university . PROTAGORAS by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION THE P ROTAGORAS, like se... ...njamin Jowett INTRODUCTION THE P ROTAGORAS, like several of the Dialogues of Plato, is put into the mouth of Socrates, who de scribes a conversation ... ...d; (2) Because the wisest and best Athenian citizens do not teach their sons political virtue. Will Protagoras answer these objections? Protagoras exp... ... and not between skilled and unskilled politicians. (1) For all men have the political virtues to a certain de gree, and are obliged to say that they... ...t a madman if he did not profess a virtue which he had not. (2) And that the political virtues can be taught and acquired, in the opinion of the Athen... ... though this is a fact which is not generally known); and the soul of their philosophy is brevity, which was also the style of primitive antiquity an... ...perfect piece of art. There are dramatic contrasts and interests, threads of philosophy broken and resumed, satirical reflec tions on mankind, veils ... ... described as the true philosophers, and Laconic brevity as the true form of philosophy, evidently with an allusion to Protagoras’ long speeches. (3) ...

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...thin the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Plato’s “Apology,” the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classi... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Apology By Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett Socrates’ Defense How you have felt, ... ...you thinking of placing over them? Is there anyone who understands human and political virtue? You must have thought about this as you have sons; is t... ...have life and strength I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy, exhorting anyone whom I meet after my man Apology 14 ner, a... ... who had a brother Theages; and Adeimantus the son of Ariston, whose brother Plato is present; and Aeantodorus, who is the brother of Apollodorus, who...