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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.
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.
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]
Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas is a Latin phrase, translating to "Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend (literally: Plato is friend, but truth is more friend (to me than he is))." The maxim is often attributed to Aristotle , as a paraphrase of the Nicomachean Ethics 1096a11–15.
Symposium, english translation by Benjamin Jowett public domain audiobook at LibriVox; Angela Hobbs' podcast interview on Erotic Love in the Symposium; Approaching Plato: A Guide to the Early and Middle Dialogues; BBC In Our Time: Plato's Symposium. (Radio programme discussing the Symposium) Crompton, Louis. "Plato (427–327 B.C.E.): The ...
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]
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
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.