Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition. Unlike nearly all of his philosophical contemporaries, Plato's entire œuvre(Body of work) is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years.
Plato was the innovator of the dialogue and dialectic forms in philosophy, which originate with him. Plato appears to have been the founder of Western political philosophy, with his Republic, and Laws among other dialogues, providing some of the earliest extant treatments of political questions from a philosophical perspective. Plato's own most decisive philosophical influences are usually thought to have been Socrates, Parmenides, Heraclitus and Pythagoras, although few of his predecessors' works remain extant and much of what we know about these figures today derives from Plato himself
This illustrated collection contains the following works by Plato:
(free audio-books included)
Early Works

Apology

Charmides, or Temperance

Crito

Euthyphro

Gorgias

Hippias, Lesser

Hippias, Greater

Ion

Laches

Lysis

Protagoras
Transitional Works

Cratylus

Euthydemus

Meno

Parmenides

Phaedo

Phaedrus

Symposium

The Republic
Middle Works

Theaetetus
Late Works

Critias

Laws

Philebus

Sophist

Statesman

Timaeus
Works of Disputed Authorship

Alcibiades I & II

Eryxias

Menexenus

Theages

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