Author:Plato

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Plato (427 BCE–347 BCE)

Classical Greek philosopher, who together with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, helped to lay the philosophical foundations of Western culture.

Plato

Works

• The Dialogues of Plato translated into English with Analyses and Introductions by B. Jowett, M.A. in Five Volumes. 3rd edition revised and corrected (Oxford University Press, 1892)

Undisputed works of Plato

• Apology
• Charmides
• Cratylus
• Critias
• Crito
• Euthydemus
• Euthyphro
• Gorgias
• Ion
• Laches
• Laws
• Lysis
• Menexenus
• Meno
• Parmenides
• Phaedo
• Phaedrus
• Philebus
• Protagoras
• Republic
• Sophist
• Statesman
• Symposium
• Theaetetus
• Timaeus

Works whose authenticity is debated

• Alcibiades I
• Greater Hippias (also translated by George Burges, Works vol. 4, 1851 [1])
• Lesser Hippias
• Clitophon (translated by George Burges, Works vol. 4, 1851 [2])
• Letters(translated by George Burges, Works vol. 4, 1851 [3])

Spurious works

• Alcibiades II
• Hipparchus (translated by W. R. M. Lamb, Loeb vol. 8, 1927 [4] [5]; George Burges, Works vol. 4, 1851 [6])
• Rival Lovers (translated by W. R. M. Lamb, Loeb vol. 8, 1927 [7] [8]; George Burges, Works vol. 4, 1851 [9])
• Minos (translated by W. R. M. Lamb, Loeb vol. 8, 1927 [10] [11]; George Burges, Works vol. 4, 1851 [12])
• Epinomis (translated by W. R. M. Lamb, Loeb vol. 8, 1927 [13] [14]; George Burges, Works vol. 6, 1854 [15] [16])
• Theages (translated by W. R. M. Lamb, Loeb vol. 8, 1927 [17] [18]; George Burges, Works vol. 4, 1851 [19])
• Eryxias

Spurious works variously included in other collections

• Axiochus (translated by George Burges, Works vol. 6, 1854 [20] [21])
• On Justice (translated by George Burges, Works vol. 6, 1854 [22] [23])
• On Virtue (translated by George Burges, Works vol. 6, 1854 [24] [25])
• Demodocus (translated by George Burges, Works vol. 6, 1854 [26] [27])
• Sisyphus (translated by George Burges, Works vol. 6, 1854 [28] [29])
• Definitions (translated by George Burges, Works vol. 6, 1854 [30] [31])
• Halcyon
• 18 Epigrams

Works about Plato

• "Socrates, Plato and the Roman Stoics", by Charles Pomeroy Parker, in The Harvard Classics Vol. 51 (1914)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.