The third edition of The Trial and Death of Socrates presents G. M.A. Grube'sdistinguished translations, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works . A number of new or expanded footnotes are also included along with a Select Bibliography.
Contains Plato's work on poetry and beauty.
In Protagoras, the main argument is between the elderly Protagoras, a celebrated Sophist, and Socrates. The discussion takes place at the home of Callias, who is host to Protagoras while he is in town, and concerns the nature of Sophists, the unity and the teachability of virtue.
In Timaeus Plato attempts to describe and explain the structure of the universe: the creator god, the elements, the lower gods, the stars, and men. The companion piece, Critias, is... Læs mere