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    Plato

    Plato(c. 429–347 BCE)

    Athenian philosopher, a student of Socrates, and the founding figure of the Western philosophical dialogue. He founded the Academy in Athens and wrote works (e.g., Republic, Symposium, Phaedo) that shaped enduring debates about knowledge, ethics, politics, metaphysics, and the nature of the soul.

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    Works, containing with the fifty-five Dialogues and twelve Epistles the substance of nearly all the existing Greek MSS. Commentaries and scholia on Plato. By Thomas Taylor

    Full title: The works of Plato : viz. his fifty-five dialogues, and twelve epistles

    The Dial's edition: London, 1804

    A landmark early English 'complete Plato' designed for serious study rather than light reading: beyond the translations, it supplies annotations on Sydenham's dialogues and copious notes by Taylor that summarize 'nearly all' the then-known Greek manuscript commentaries on Plato and a substantial portion of published ancient commentary. Translated by Thomas Taylor.

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