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Ten of Plato's most important and influential dialogues in one collection. In one, beautifully laid-out volume, a collection of Plato's Middle Platonic Dialogues, including ten dialogues normally assigned by scholars to his "middle" period. Included in this volume: Cratylus Euthydemus Menexenus Meno Parmenides Phaedo Phaedrus Republic Symposium Theaetetus This collection utilizes the translations published in the late 19th-century by scholar Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) and omits stephanus pagination. Plato (428-348 BCE) was a renowned philosopher, mathematician, and writer of Ancient Greece. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Western philosophy, and his works have been studied for over two millennia. Plato's writings explored topics such as justice, beauty, and virtue, and he is credited with founding the Academy of Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is best known for his dialogues, which featured characters such as Socrates and discussed subjects such as metaphysics and ethics. Plato's writings have had a profound impact on Western thought, and his ideas are still debated and discussed today. He was a student of Socrates, and his works were largely shaped by Socrates' teachings. Plato's legacy lives on in the form of his works, which continue to inspire and influence scholars and thinkers across the world.