{"product_id":"9780674992573","title":"Timaeus. Critias. Cleitophon. Menexenus. Epistles","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Plato \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/01\/1929,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 656 pages, Index,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780674992573,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the creation of the world, and the destruction of Atlantis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlato,  the great  philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BC. In early manhood  an admirer  of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy  in the  grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain;  that he  left Athens for a time after Socrates’ execution is probable;  that  later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewealthy is likely; that he was critical of “advanced” democracy is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eobvious. He lived to be 80 years old. Linguistic tests including those\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof computer science still try to establish the order of his extant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ephilosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocrates’ mind fused with Plato’s thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city’s thought, and his fate is impending. The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous Symposium and Phaedrus, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. Cratylus discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the Republic,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econcerns righteousness (and involves education, equality of the sexes,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe structure of society, and abolition of slavery). Of the six\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eso-called dialectical dialogues Euthydemus deals with philosophy; metaphysical Parmenides is about general concepts and absolute being; Theaetetus reasons about the theory of knowledge. Of its sequels, Sophist deals with not-being; Politicus with good and bad statesmanship and governments; Philebus with what is good. The Timaeus seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished Critias treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Plato’s last work, Laws, a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Loeb Classical Library edition of Plato is in twelve volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53582043513205,"sku":"9780674992573","price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780674992573.jpg?v=1728720294","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.pro\/products\/9780674992573","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}