Plato (Ethics (Ready Reference series))

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Plato’s writings are in a dialogue format. He discusses philosophical topics through question-and-answer sessions conducted by Socrates. The Socrates of the Platonic dialogues is very closely modeled after the historical Socrates (469-399 b.c.e.), whose life and death had a tremendous influence upon Plato. The Socrates of the dialogues is, however, at least in part, a fictional character used to impart Platonic themes.

Plato’s dialogues are divided into three groups: the early, or...

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