A catalogue of conversations · 36 dialogues
Works that
keep opening.
Platon's works rarely hand you a conclusion. They place you in a room, introduce a question, and invite you to notice what changes when the conversation begins.
01ApologySocrates · Duty · Wisdomc. 399 BCE↗
02RepublicJustice · The city · The goodc. 375 BCE↗
03SymposiumLove · Beauty · Desirec. 385–370 BCE↗
04PhaedoThe soul · Death · Philosophyc. 380 BCE↗
05MenoVirtue · Learning · Recollectionc. 385 BCE↗
06GorgiasRhetoric · Power · Justicec. 380 BCE↗
07PhaedrusLove · The soul · Speechc. 370 BCE↗
08TimaeusThe cosmos · Nature · Orderc. 360 BCE↗
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Start with the trial of Socrates.
In the Apology, a philosopher explains why an examined life is worth defending—even when the city disagrees.
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