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Walter T. Schmid, On Manly Courage: A Study of Plato's Laches, SIU Press, 1992. Linda R. Rabieh, Plato and the Virtue of Courage, JHU Press, 2006. J.P. Mahaffy, An Ancient Papyrus Fragment of the Laches of Plato Hermathena vol. VIII, 1893, p. 310-321. Curtolo Maria Vittoria, La tradizione testuale del Lachete di Platone.
The English title of Plato's dialogue is derived from Cicero's De re publica, written some three centuries later. [ 21 ] [ citation needed ] Cicero's dialogue imitates Plato's style and treats many of the same topics, and Cicero's main character Scipio Aemilianus expresses his esteem for Plato and Socrates.
Plato associated the four cardinal virtues with the social classes of the ideal city described in The Republic, and with the faculties of humanity. Plato narrates a discussion of the character of a good city where the following is agreed upon: Clearly, then, it will be wise, brave, temperate [literally: healthy-minded], and just.
Protagoras, in a collection of Plato's Dialogues at Standard Ebooks; Text of Plato's Protagoras, Jowett's translation, published by the Gutenberg Project. Protagoras on the Perseus Project translated by W.R.M. Lamb (1924) ISBN 0-674-99183-4, ISBN 0-674-99184-2; Approaching Plato: A Guide to the Early and Middle Dialogues
Plato (/ ˈ p l eɪ t oʊ / PLAY-toe; [1] Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn; born c. 428–423 BC, died 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms.
The Ring of Gyges / ˈ dʒ aɪ ˌ dʒ iː z / (Ancient Greek: Γύγου Δακτύλιος, Gúgou Daktúlios, Attic Greek pronunciation: [ˈɡyːˌɡoː dakˈtylios]) is a hypothetical magic ring mentioned by the philosopher Plato in Book 2 of his Republic (2:359a–2:360d). [1]
The first known reference to the Seven Sages is in Plato's Protagoras, where they are said to have collectively authored the first two maxims. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The names of the sages are given by Plato as Thales , Pittacus , Bias , Solon , Cleobulus , Myson and Chilon ; but in the works of later writers, some of these names are dropped and others ...
Meno (/ ˈ m iː n oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Μένων, Ménōn) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 385 BC., but set at an earlier date around 402 BC. [1] Meno begins the dialogue by asking Socrates whether virtue (in Ancient Greek: ἀρετή, aretē) can be taught, acquired by practice, or comes by nature. [2]