Plato is, by any reckoning, one of the most dazzling writers in the Western literary tradition and one of the most penetrating, wide-ranging, and influential authors in the history of philosophy.

Few other authors in the history of Western philosophy approximate him in depth and range: perhaps only Aristotle (who studied with him), Aquinas, and Kant would be generally agreed to be of the same rank.

This carefully selected collection contains:

Early:

The Apology of Socrates

Charmides

Crito

Euthyphro

Ion

Laches

Lysis

Menexenus

Middle

Republic

The Allegory of the Cave

Symposium

Meno

Phaedo

Late

Critias