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...In Plato's ION, Socrates questions Ion, whether he should really claim laud and glory for his 'rhapsodic' recitals of Homer's poetry. —Description by Simon-Peter Zak...

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...s, desiring instruction in these matters, converses with Euthyphro, but as usual, the man who professes to know nothing fares better than the man who claims to be an expert. One of Plato’s well-known Socratic Dialogues, Euthyphro probes the nature of piety, and notably poses the so-called Euthyphro Dilemma: Do the gods love a thing because it is holy, or is a thing holy be...

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...in Jowett A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Philebus by Plato, trans. Benjamin Jowett is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Philebus by Plato, trans. Benjamin Jowett, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Plato Philebus by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION AND ANAL... ...ION AND ANALYSIS. THE P HILEBUS appears to be one of the later writings of Plato, in which the style has begun to alter, and the dramatic and poetical... ...ely great and the infi- nitely small, but he would have equally denied the claim of either to true existence. Of that positive infinity, or infinite r... ... sphere of practical usefulness: he only means that the refutation of the claims of Gorgias is not necessary for his present pur- pose. He is saying ... ... a previous discussion. An argument re- 21 Plato specting the comparative claims of pleasure and wisdom to rank as the chief good has been already ca... ...and wisdom:’ Socrates replies, that before we can adjust their respective claims, we want to know the number and kinds of both of them. What are they... ...d reason and wisdom are concerned with the eternal; and these are the very claimants, if not for the first, at least for the second place, whom I prop...

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...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Statesman by Plato, trans. Benjamin Jowett, the Pennsylvania State University, Electro... ...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Plato ST ST ST ST STA A A A ATESMAN TESMAN TESMAN TESMAN TESMAN by by by ... ...ato ST ST ST ST STA A A A ATESMAN TESMAN TESMAN TESMAN TESMAN by by by by by Plato Plato Plato Plato Plato T T T T Translated by Benjamin Jowett ransl... ...he Philebus, the Parmenides, and the Sophist, we may observe the tendency of Plato to combine two or more subjects or different aspects of the same su... ...marks that the name of the one and the face of the other give him a right to claim relationship with both of them. They pro- 8 Statesman pose to take... ...elf out for service, nor of the trader or merchant, who at best can only lay claim to economical and not to royal science. Nor am I referring to gover... ... I hardly think that I could have been wrong in supposing that the principal claimants to the throne will be of this class. Let us try once more: Ther... ... to ask, whether any one of the other herdsmen has a rival who professes and claims to share with him in the management of the herd? YOUNG SOCRATES: W... ...in saying so? STRANGER: V ery likely they may be, and we will consider their claim. But we are certain of this,— 70 Statesman that no one will raise ...

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...thin the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Plato’s “Protagoras,”translated by Benjamin Jowett, the Pennsylvania Sta... ...ylvania State University is an equal opportunity university . PROTAGORAS by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION THE P ROTAGORAS, like se... ...njamin Jowett INTRODUCTION THE P ROTAGORAS, like several of the Dialogues of Plato, is put into the mouth of Socrates, who de scribes a conversation ... ... Protagoras had not assured him of the fact, for two reasons: “Protagoras” — Plato 3 (1) Because the Athenian people, who recognize in their assembli... ...the Menexenus. Several lesser touches of satire may be observed, such as the claim of philosophy advanced for the Lacedaemonians, which is a parody of... ...laim of philosophy advanced for the Lacedaemonians, which is a parody of the claims advanced for the Poets by Protagoras; the mistake of the Laconizin... ...ble opinion. But you see, Socrates, said Callias, that Protagoras may fairly claim to speak in his own way, just as you claim to speak in yours. Here ... ...r to Socrates in argumentative skill, that is enough for Socrates; but if he claims a superiority in argu ment as well, let him ask and answer—not, w... ...rstand, and in particular of virtue. For who is there, but you?—who not only claim to be a good man and a gentleman, for many are this, and yet have n...

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...cument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Sophist by Plato, trans. by Benjamin Jowett , the Pennsylvania State University, El... ...nnsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Sophist – Plato SOPHIST by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION AND ANA... ...in Jowett INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS THE DRAMATIC POWER of the dialogues of Plato ap pears to diminish as the metaphysical interest of them increase... ...e meta physics will greatly prefer the earlier dialogues to the later ones. Plato is conscious of the change, and in the Statesman expressly accuses ... ...ed spirit of Hegel seemed to find in the Sophist the crown and summit of the Platonic philosophy—here is the place at which Plato most nearly approach... ...losopher , and by an allusion to his name sake, with whom on that ground he claims rela tionship, as he had already claimed an affinity with Theaete... ...e ordinary sense of the term. And Plato does not on this ground re ject the claim of the Sophist to be the true phi losopher. One more feature of th... ...tion of opinion. The latter is our present concern, for the Soph ist has no claims to science or knowledge. Now the imitator, who has only opinion, m... ...c is the Procrustes’ bed into which they are forced. The Hegelian philosophy claims, as we have seen, to be based upon experience: it abrogates the di...

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...y s Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor The Republic by Plato is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Republic by Plato , the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...998 The Pennsylvania State University Cover design by Jim Manis, Statue of Plato. The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university... ...ania State University is an equal opportunity university. THE REPUBLIC by Plato (360 B.C.) translated by Benjamin Jowett THE INTRODUCTION The Republi... ...ll existence” is very unlike the doctrine of the syllogism which Aristotle claims to have discovered. Neither must we forget that the Republic is but ... ...we rejoin, there must be a numbering and measuring of the goods which are claimed on either side, and in the end we shall want judges to decide; but ... ...st man, while refusing to have more than another just man, would wish and claim to have more than the unjust? Yes, he would. And what of the unjust—d... ...o have more than the unjust? Yes, he would. And what of the unjust—does he claim to have more than the just man and to do more than is just Of course... ... than the just man and to do more than is just Of course, he said, for he claims to have more than all men. And the unjust man will strive and strugg...

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...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Phaedo by Plato, Trans. Benjamin Jowett , the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Plato Phaedo by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION AFTER A... ...cratic circle, all of whom are silent auditors. Aristippus, Cleombrotus, and Plato are noted as absent. Almost as soon as the friends of Socrates ente... ...tance to make the natural remark that ‘pleasure follows pain.’ (Observe that Plato is preparing the way for his doctrine of the alternation of opposit... ...he nature of that death which he desires? Death is the separation of soul 5 Plato and body—and the philosopher desires such a separation. He would li... ... immortality. Reason does not allow us to sup pose that we have any greater claims than others, and experi ence may often reveal to us unexpected fl... ...y may be said to have a shadow or imitation of morality, and imperfect moral claims upon the benevolence of man and upon the justice of God. We cannot... ...which, not being the idea, exists only in the form of the idea, may also lay claim to it. I will try to make this clearer by an example:—The odd numbe...

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...ument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Phaedrus by Plato, trans. Benjamin Jowett , the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Phaedrus PHAEDRUS by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION. THE PHAEDRUS IS close... ...r following it. The two Dialogues to gether contain the whole philosophy of Plato on the nature of love, which in the Republic and in the later writi... ...to on the nature of love, which in the Republic and in the later writings of Plato is only introduced play fully or as a figure of speech. But in the... ...ing about in his mind, or more probably in a book hidden under his cloak, 4 Plato and is intending to study as he walks. The impu tation is not deni... ...d also a purge, and all that sort of thing; and knowing all this, as I do, I claim to be a physician and to make physicians by imparting this knowledg... ...e. PHAEDRUS: Certainly . SOCRATES: May not ‘the wolf,’ as the proverb says, ‘claim a hearing’? PHAEDRUS: Do you say what can be said for him. SOCRATES...

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...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Symposium by Plato, trans. Benjamin Jowett , the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ...ity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Plato s Symposium SYMPOSIUM by Plato Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTROD... ...d not have been expressed by him if he had been interrogated about them. Yet Plato was not a mystic, nor in any degree affected by the Eastern influen... ...her of Egypt or of Asia to be found in his writings. And more than any other Platonic work the Sympo sium is Greek both in style and subject, having ... ... a sort of Gothic irregularity. More too than in any other of his Dialogues, Plato is emancipated from former philosophies. The genius of Greek art se... ...are Menex.). Even his knowledge of the mys teries of love, to which he lays claim here and elsewhere (Lys.), is given by Diotima. The speeches are at... ... he is the eldest of the gods, which is an honour to him; and a proof of his claim to this honour is, that of his parents there is no memorial; neithe...