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Plato Republic

Plato: 'The Republic'. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2000.When you approach a text like Plato's Republic, you need to read the whole introduction for context.  Look at an earlier edition and read that introduction…

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Plato, Crito

I read a lot of the classic texts out of this compilationReadings in Ancient Greek Philosophy: From Thales to Aristotle. United Kingdom: Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2016.Except mine was the 1995 edition. The Crito…

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Plato, Apology

Plato. The Dialogues of Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. 3rd ed. 5 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1892The apology is Socrates' defense of himself, his way of life.  This…

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Plato, Gorgias

Translated by Zeyl, Donald J. Hackett Publishing, 1987.This dialogue brings up the thorniest questions in Philosophy and is a foundational text in epistemology-- the theory of knowledge -- the attempt…

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