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2. Apology (Plato) - Wikipedia

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   The Apology of Socrates (Greek: Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους, Apología Sokrátous; Latin: Apologia Socratis), written by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue of the speech of legal self-defence which Socrates (469–399 BC) spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption in 399 BC.

3. I know that I know nothing - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. " I know that I know nothing " is a saying derived from Plato 's account of the Greek philosopher Socrates: "For I was conscious that I knew practically nothing..." (Plato, Apology 22d, translated by Harold North Fowler, 1966). [1] It is also sometimes called the Socratic paradox, although this name is often instead used to refer to ...

4. Gorgias (dialogue) - Wikipedia

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   Platonism. Gorgias (/ ˈɡɔːrɡiəs /; [1] Greek: Γοργίας [ɡorɡíaːs]) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC. The dialogue depicts a conversation between Socrates and a small group at a dinner gathering. Socrates debates with self-proclaimed rhetoricians seeking the true definition of rhetoric, attempting to pinpoint ...

5. Republic (Plato) - Wikipedia

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   In Books VIII–IX stand Plato's criticism of the forms of government. Plato categorized governments into five types of regimes: aristocracy , timocracy , oligarchy , democracy , and tyranny . The starting point is an imagined, alternate aristocracy (ruled by a philosopher-king); a just government ruled by a philosopher king , dominated by the ...

6. Category:Dialogues of Plato - Wikipedia

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   Category:Dialogues of Plato. Category. : Dialogues of Plato. These are the dialogues ascribed to Plato in antiquity. Many of these frequently feature Socrates and are an important part of the Socratic dialogues. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dialogues by Plato.

7. Euthydemus (dialogue) - Wikipedia

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   Euthydemus (Greek: Εὐθύδημος, Euthydemes), written c. 384 BC, is a dialogue by Plato which satirizes what Plato presents as the logical fallacies of the Sophists. [1] In it, Socrates describes to his friend Crito a visit he and various youths paid to two brothers, Euthydemus and Dionysodorus, both of whom were prominent Sophists and ...

8. Phaedo - Wikipedia

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   Platonism. Phædo or Phaedo (/ ˈfiːdoʊ /; Greek: Φαίδων, Phaidōn [pʰaídɔːn]), also known to ancient readers as On The Soul, [1] is one of the best-known dialogues of Plato 's middle period, along with the Republic and the Symposium. The philosophical subject of the dialogue is the immortality of the soul. It is set in the last ...

9. Leon of Salamis - Wikipedia

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   Xenophon lists some of the atrocities committed by the Thirty, including "when Leon of Salamis, a man of high and well-deserved reputation, was put to death, though he had not committed the shadow of a crime" (Hellenica Book II). In the Apology, Plato's Socrates argues that he fears committing injustice more than he fears death. In support of ...