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