Plato, Symposium: This is one of Plato’s literary masterpieces, along with the Republic. It contains several speeches on the nature of love given by guests at a dinner held to commemorate the poet Agathon’s victory in a competition of tragedies. The speeches culminate in a speech given by Socrates, allegedly containing the words of a […]
Plato, The Phaedo: Plato’s Phaedo is about the meaning of life and death. Socrates is about to be executed and his friends challenge his reassurances about immortality. Socrates replies by developing increasingly sophisticated conceptions of the soul. More than any dialogue but the Republic, the Phaedo encapsulates Plato’s philosophy generally: the nature of philosophy, the
Plato, Apology of Socrates: Socrates subjected his fellow Athenians to prolonged interrogation, bringing home to them how little they knew about what really matters, and goading them to live better. He enthralled some. He riled others so much that they put him on trial, and sentenced him to death. Plato was one of the enthralled.
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