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Plato: The Complete Works (31 Books) Kindle Edition

by Plato (Author), MyBooks Classics (Editor), Benjamin Jowett (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
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Plato (428/427–348/347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician of the Classic Age who founded the Academy of Athens. Noted as a student of Socrates, Plato has distinguished himself as one of the founders of Western philosophy by recording the teachings of his master and his own philosophies in 35 dialogues and 13 letters (some are disputed as spurious).

This collection contains the following works by Plato:

All books translated by Benjamin Jowett
Part 1: Early Dialogues
The Apology
Crito
Charmides
Laches
Lysis
Euthyphro
Menexenus
Ion
Gorgias
Protagoras
Meno
Part 2: Middle Dialogues
Euthydemus
Cratylus
Phaedo
Phaedrus
The Symposium
Theaetetus
Parmenides
Part 3: Late Dialogues
Sophist
Statesman
Philebus
Timaeus
Critias
Part 4: The Republic
I: Of Wealth, Justice, Moderation, and their Opposites
II: The Individual, the State, and Education
III: The Arts in Education
IV: Wealth, Poverty, and Virtue
V: On Matrimony and Philosophy
VI: The Philosophy of Government
VII: On Shadows and Realities in Education
VIII: Four Forms of Government
IX: On Wrong or Right Government, and the Pleasures of Each
X: The Recompense of Life
Part 5: The Laws
Books I–XII
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07H7J2LCX
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MyBooks Classics (September 10, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 10, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4397 KB
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4.6 out of 5 stars
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When in Roubt About the Strength of my Reasoning, I Return to Plato’s Dialogs for a Roadmap to my Answer
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When in Roubt About the Strength of my Reasoning, I Return to Plato’s Dialogs for a Roadmap to my Answer
I value critical thinking, and I have not found better pattern of human reasoning to learn from than those laid in Plato’s dialogs. One doesn’t require a gifted imagination, or to make elaborate mental contortions, to frame a topic inside the logical framework he laid out in dialogs like “Sophis.”Is one thing reading a handbook to learn how to think. But for me has been superior observing Plato illustrate the power of analysis by skillfully having Theodore, Theaetetus, Socrates, and the Eleactic Stranger dissect points and nuances that easily would be lost on a reader.
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Nick Warner
5.0 out of 5 stars No problems
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2024
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He is good. In fact one of the best. Great actually. Fun to read and inspiring. A must read! ;)
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John A. Logan
5.0 out of 5 stars Plato was a guy like you or me, only more ambitious in a less-developed field
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2021
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Plato, unbelievably arrogant, is a good writer and an interesting thinker. He was a man of his time, able to slide newly-discovered geometrical solids into his theory of matter, or propose 5040 as the correct number of settlers for a new colony just because the number has "exactly 59" divisors, including all the numbers between 1 and 12 (he wanted to freely form subdivisions of equal size). In short, he was working without an editor, indulging his every whim. More seriously, Plato had a vast influence on later thinkers. It's very nice to go back and the read the works (or the ones you want to read), rather than "learning about" Plato through excerpts. Don't get too uppity, though. There are lots of scholars who will still know lots more than you. This is a very readable translation and an amazingly good deal.
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Charles Bush
5.0 out of 5 stars Brain food and exercise for the inquiring mind. Fantastic.
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2017
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I read the Jowett translation of the dialogues of Plato at the age of fourteen. It was a bit of a tough sled for me back then, because of the difficulty of some of the ideas, and the type of language used by Jowett. Nevertheless, I worked hard, created my own Platonic dictionary, even looked up the meanings of the words in the Pocket Oxford dictionary. The subjects tackled by Plato are still alive and debated even today. Later on, while in the Navy, I bought a copy of the Republic and worked my way through that. In my recent book, The Wind, a thriller, I used the concepts in Republic extensively, though, not in a scholarly way. Plato, through his surrogate Socrates, introduced me to the Socratic Method, which is a cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking. For years, I considered Socrates my thought hero. You won't learn logic here, but you will learn to ask questions and think. Logic came later with Aristotle. If you have the courage to take your time to read Plato, I feel certain you will emerge as a more thoughtful and wiser a person. Plato's works have endured for more than two-thousand years, and for good reason. I can't recommend Plato strongly enough.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Translations, But Some Nasty Typos
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2017
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This Kindle edition of Plato contains (as far as I can tell) all of the definitely genuine dialogues of Plato, as well as some of the spurious (meaning probably fake) dialogues. The edition also does not seem to contain any of Plato's letters (most of which are considered spurious). I have read through most of the dialogues (up to the "late works") and I have enjoyed them very much, and would recommend them to anyone interested. Most of the translations are by Benjamin Jowett, and many of the dialogues include introductions and/or essays by him. I found the translations to be excellent, and cannot imagine their having been any better. My primary complaint with this edition is the large number of misspellings and errors in punctuation, which apparently resulted in the process of converting the works to a digital format. These errors become especially noticeable in the later dialogues, and while they never become intolerable, they are certainly an major oversight on the part of the publisher.
Overall, this edition has good translations and all the genuine dialogues, but many typos.
P.S. If, while reading, you feel like Parmenides is the most difficult text you've ever encountered, don't give up! Just keep pushing through, getting out of it as much as you can-- I don't think anyone really understands it!
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John Wesley
5.0 out of 5 stars Confused? Start Here
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2021
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Slings and arrows of time got you down? Start at the beginning of it all and witness the birth of the Mediterranean world.

Socrates believes that you (yes, you!) are an Oracle. That little voice in your head that knows what’s right? That’s both easy and hard to ignore? The cricket that chirps when you’re feeling guilty? Your true self that knows what needs to be done? That is the miracle worker; it’s an angel in your mind. Abide there and watch what happens. You’re capable of anything, bearing any trial, if your actions are aligned with what you know to be right. Try it out for a few days!

For more thoughts like these, this may be the book for you. Take care, friends!
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Dan
5.0 out of 5 stars Make your kids study it
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2018
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Logic should come in a sequence: theory, experience, practice

Without sound theory our philosphical outlook becomes based on experience and we all should know by now similar experiences yield vaired responses in unique individuals. And from that, practical application becomes an unsustainable mess...

The problem being, very few of us study theory, we jump straight to experience and from that diversity of thought, which should be a beautiful thing, becomes our undoing. Simple solution is make learning theory part of your routine and pass it along.
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5.0 out of 5 stars When in Roubt About the Strength of my Reasoning, I Return to Plato’s Dialogs for a Roadmap to my Answer
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2018
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I value critical thinking, and I have not found better pattern of human reasoning to learn from than those laid in Plato’s dialogs. One doesn’t require a gifted imagination, or to make elaborate mental contortions, to frame a topic inside the logical framework he laid out in dialogs like “Sophis.”

Is one thing reading a handbook to learn how to think. But for me has been superior observing Plato illustrate the power of analysis by skillfully having Theodore, Theaetetus, Socrates, and the Eleactic Stranger dissect points and nuances that easily would be lost on a reader.
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5.0 out of 5 stars When in Roubt About the Strength of my Reasoning, I Return to Plato’s Dialogs for a Roadmap to my Answer
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2018
I value critical thinking, and I have not found better pattern of human reasoning to learn from than those laid in Plato’s dialogs. One doesn’t require a gifted imagination, or to make elaborate mental contortions, to frame a topic inside the logical framework he laid out in dialogs like “Sophis.”

Is one thing reading a handbook to learn how to think. But for me has been superior observing Plato illustrate the power of analysis by skillfully having Theodore, Theaetetus, Socrates, and the Eleactic Stranger dissect points and nuances that easily would be lost on a reader.
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SAM MATHEW
3.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete - only 50%
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2024
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I recently brought the Kindle copy of the Complete Works of Plato. But I see that there is only 50% of the works, only upto 1605 pages. Plato's Middle Works and Late works like 'Laws' and 'Timaeus' are missing. Is this deliberate? When the tilte said Complete Works, providing access to only 50% of the work makes no sense. I ordered it mainly for the above two works and they are missing.

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Gookiefish
5.0 out of 5 stars As described.
Reviewed in Canada on May 17, 2019
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It's Aristotle. Great to have as an ebook.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Exelente compendio
Reviewed in Brazil on June 25, 2018
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É dificl achar um compendio desta magnitude num lugar so. Parabéns pela publicação. Excelente referencia para estudantes e gente de idade, como eu que quer revisar conceitos.
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SamuelNHR
5.0 out of 5 stars Un libro clásico y digno de análisis
Reviewed in Mexico on April 17, 2017
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Es un libro muy interesante que vale la pena leer e intentar comprender. Llega a ser pesado a momentos pero al avanzar en la lectura es fácil darse cuenta de que vale la pena.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It is Plato, you don't need to know anything further than that
Reviewed in India on October 18, 2018
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A fun read if you are interested in stuff like this, but you already are because you wouldn't be looking at the book if you weren't...so just go ahead and buy it
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Pete
5.0 out of 5 stars Plato makes you think
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2018
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When you consider how old this book actually is, predating the Bible, some of the wisdom in there really does make you think and open your eyes. Worth reading in context.
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