Plato

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BCE, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man.

Throughout history, great thinkers have explored life, leadership, and self-mastery. This collection presents their most influential works, updated for today’s listeners. Whether seeking guidance on resilience, strategy, or ethics, these timeless classics remain relevant.

The Republic poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters the best possible life for human beings? What is the nature and destiny of the soul? Find out....

Here, in this second collection of Socratic Dialogues from Plato's Early Period, read by David Rintoul as Socrates with a full cast, are contrasting six works....

Here are the Socratic Dialogues presented as Plato designed them to be - living discussions between friends and protagonists....

This collection, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of 11 of the most renowned, widely-read, and essential philosophical works from Ancient Greece and Asia to 19th century America.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Jim Barclay, best known for their roles in The Young Ones and Jeeves and Wooster. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Christopher Rowe, also read by Jim Barclay. 'We set about founding the best city we could...

The Complete Plato Collection is the ultimate treasury of ancient wisdom from one of history’s most influential minds. This modern translation presents all of Plato’s foundational texts, faithfully rendered to engage today’s listener while preserving the depth of the original.

In this monumental work of moral and political philosophy, Plato sought to answer some of the world's most formidable questions....

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Justin Avoth and Laurence Dobiesz. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Christopher Rowe read by Justin Avoth. 'Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone: whether or not what I say is just' Plato's...

Here are three important but very different Dialogues from the Middle Period....

The dramatic nature of Plato's dialogues is delightfully evident in Symposium. The marriage between character and thought bursts forth as the guests gather at Agathon's house....

The Trial and the Death of Socrates remains a powerful document...

The remarkable range of Plato's Dialogues is vividly demonstrated by these three works....

These five very different Socratic Dialogues date from Plato's later period, when he was revisiting his early thoughts and conclusions and showing a willingness for revision....

Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political...

"L'Apologie de Socrate" rapporte le procès qui a vu condamner Socrate. Le citoyen philosophe, accusé de ne pas croire aux dieux de la cité...

The Athenian court has found Socrates guilty and sentenced him to death. While he is waiting to be executed, his friend, Crito, comes to the prison to persuade him to escape and go into exile....

The Republic is perhaps the single most important, the most studied and the most quoted text of all of Plato's Socratic Dialogues....

The Greek word sumposion means a drinking party, and the party described in Plato's Symposium is one supposedly given in the year 416 BC by the playwright Agathon....