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Philosophy

Introduction to Plato's Dialogues

Year 149 CE
Tradition Late Antiquity
Era Imperial
Language Greek
“Ὅτι τῷ μέλλοντι ἐντεύξεσθαι τοῖς Πλάτωνος διαλόγοις προσήκει πρότερον ἐπίστασθαι αὐτὸ τοῦτο, τί ποτέ ἐστιν ὁ διάλογος.”

What a dialogue is, the kinds of Plato's dialogues, and the order in which to read them.