Plato 429 - 347 * Ancient Greek philosopher; student of Socrates and author of philosophical dialogues that are prominent in the study of Western culture.	Experts for this author: loxias
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Introduction and Analysis to Plato's The Republic -- this very comprehensive analysis of The Republic comes from an early edition of the text edited by Benjamin Jowett
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The Nature of Women in Plato and Aristotle -- Plato and Aristotle's view of the nature and capabilities of women.
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What has Plato to say about the Soul -- Plato's doctrine on the soul, with particular reference to the Apology, Phaedo, and Meno
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Comprehending the Minds Aging Eye -- An analysis of Plato's Allegory of the Cave
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Plato and his Dialogues -- A fully comprehensive account of Plato and his works, including hypotheses, maps, biography and more.
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Now it is time to be off, I to die, and you to live; but which of us has the happier prospect is unknown to anyone but God. -- Apology

Then it is a fact, Simmias, that true philosophers make dying their profession. -- Phaedo

They say that the soul of man is immortal: at one time it comes to an end - that which is called death - and at another is born again, but is never finally exterminated. -- Meno

Death is one of two things. Either it is annihilation and the dead have no consciousness of anything; or, as we are told, it is really a change: a migration of the soul from this place to another. -- Apology

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed my dear Glaucon, of humanity itself, until philosophers become kings in this world, or until those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers. -- Republic

Democracy passes into despotism. -- Republic

What is at stake is far from insignificant: it is how one should live one's life. -- Republic

The one gender is far superior to the other in just about every sphere. -- Republic

..the virtue of a man consists in managing the city’s affairs capably, and so that he will help his friends and injure his foes while taking care to come to no harm himself. Or if you want a woman’s virtue, that is easily described. She must be a good housewife, careful with her stores and obedient to her husband. -- Meno

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