This handsome jacketed hardback edition presents The Trial and Death of Socrates with striking two-colour page illustrations and a ribbon marker. Socrates is one of the great figures of Western history and the founding father of its philosophical... Zobraziť viac
Plato's ideas on reason, justice, and religion have had profound impact on Western philosophy and politics. This collection features some of his most celebrated writings, including his iconic work The Republic. These Ancient Greek dialogues are written... Zobraziť viac
Plato’s The Republic is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of Western philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an inquiry into the notion of a perfect community ... Zobraziť viac
The Republic deals with the great range of Plato's thought, but is particularly concerned with what makes a well-balanced society and individual. It combines argument and myth to advocate a life organized... Zobraziť viac
Plato is philosophy, and philosophy, Plato.—-Emerson The Republic and other great dialogues by the immortal Greek philosopher Plato are masterpieces that form part of the most important single body of writing in the history of philosophy... Zobraziť viac
Republic is the central work of the Western world`s most famous philosopher. Essentially an inquiry into morality, Republic also contains crucial arguments and insights into many other areas of philosophy. It is also a literary masterpiece: ... Zobraziť viac
Outstanding translations by leading contemporary scholars—many commissioned especially for this volume—are presented here in the first single edition to include the entire surviving corpus of works attributed to Plato in antiquity. In his... Zobraziť viac
Rich in drama and humour, they include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers the relationship between philosophy and politics. Zobraziť viac
A Socratic dialogue in two parts. It begins with a theoretical exposition of the cosmos and his story describing the creation of the universe, from its very beginning to the coming of man. It also comprises an account of the rise and fall of Atlantis,... Zobraziť viac
This elegant collector's edition presents the classic philosophical work The Dialogues of Socrates featuring gold cover embossing and gilded page-edges. One of the most influencial texts in Western Philosophy, The Dialogues of Socrates offers a ... Zobraziť viac
In his celebrated masterpiece, Symposium, Plato imagines a high-society dinner-party in Athens in 416 BC. The guests—including the comic poet Aristophanes and Plato's mentor Socrates—each deliver a short speech in praise of love... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Plato's Republic has influenced Western philosophers for centuries... Zobraziť viac
Plato is acknowledged as one of the greatest philosophers of classical Greece, and the thirty-six dialogues that are credited to him helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy. The Republic and Other Dialogues collects seven of ... Zobraziť viac
Somewhere between a historical account and work of philosophy, Socrates' Defence details the final plea of Plato's beloved mentor... Zobraziť viac
Aristotle was one of history's greatest philosophers and one of Ancient Greece's seminal thinkers, a student of Plato's and a tutor of Alexander the Great's. The Categories is a short book where Aristotle places every object of human apprehension under... Zobraziť viac
An authoritative new translation of Plato's The Republic by Christopher Rowe, with notes and an introduction... Zobraziť viac
