Lysis. Symposium. Gorgias.

Description:

The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BCE and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among his works are the Symposium, which explores love in its many aspects, from physical desire to pursuit of the beautiful and the good, and the Republic, which concerns righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and slavery.

subjects: Friendship,  Criticism and interpretation,  Ancient Philosophy,  Philosophy,  Greek Dialogues,  Ethics,  Early works to 1800,  Political science,  Greek literature,  Philosophers,  Political and social views,  Utopias

People: Plato