Plato, explained carefully.
241 essays on the dialogues, the ideas and the man — written to be read, cited and checked.
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Core IdeasThe Forms, the soul, knowledge and virtue — the arguments Plato is read for.90 essaysAfterlifeHow Plato was inherited: by Christianity, by Western philosophy, by us.71 essaysLife & TimesAthens, family, war, and the travels that shaped him.27 essaysSocratesThe teacher, the trial, and the problem of telling the two of them apart.22 essaysPoliticsThe just city, the philosopher king, and Plato's quarrel with democracy.18 essaysThe DialoguesThe Republic and the works themselves, read closely.8 essaysThe CaveThe allegory, its machinery, and what the fire and the shadows stand for.5 essays
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