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The Collected Dialogues of Plato

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Plato Edited by Edith Hamilton & Huntington Cairns
1961
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"The Platonic Forms of the Platonic dialogues."—Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex

A landmark one-volume edition of the complete Plato in classic translations


This is a classic one-volume edition of all the writings of Plato generally considered to be authentic. The editors, Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns, chose the contents from the work of the best modern British and American translators. The volume contains prefatory notes to each dialogue, by Hamilton; an introductory essay on Plato’s philosophy and writings, by Cairns; and a comprehensive index with cross references to assist the reader with the philosophical vocabulary of the different translators.

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page, Copyright

pp. i-vi

Contents

pp. vii-x

Editorial Note

pp. xi-xii

Introduction

pp. xiii-xxv

Socrates' Defense

pp. 3-26

Crito

pp. 27-39

Phaedo

pp. 40-98

Charmides

pp. 99-122

Laches

pp. 123-144

Lysis

pp. 145-168

Euthyphro

pp. 169-185

Menexenus

pp. 186-199

Lesser Hippias

pp. 200-214

Ion

pp. 215-228

Gorgias

pp. 229-307

Protagoras

pp. 308-352

Meno

pp. 353-384

Euthydemus

pp. 385-420

Cratylus

pp. 421-474

Phaedrus

pp. 475-525

Symposium

pp. 526-574

Republic

pp. 575-844

Theaetetus

pp. 845-919

Parmenides

pp. 920-956

Sophist

pp. 957-1017

Statesman

pp. 1018-1085

Philebus

pp. 1086-1150

Timaeus

pp. 1151-1211

Critias

pp. 1212-1224

Laws

pp. 1225-1514

Appendix

Epinomis

pp. 1517-1533

Greater Hippias

pp. 1534-1559

Letters

pp. 1560-1606

Index

pp. 1607-1743
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