Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 1

[Footnote *: As stated in the prefatory note to this edition, the present and the following chapter have been, for convenience, transferred from the place given to them by the a...

On looking through the collection of works enumerated in the Thrasyllean Canon, the first impression made upon us respecting the author is, that which is expressed in the epithe...

In the Platonic Parmenides, p. 156 D., we find the remarkable conception of what he calls [Greek: to\ e)xai/phnês, a)/topo/s tis phu/sis]--a break in the continuity of duration,...

The Platonic Canon established by Thrasyllus maintained its authority until the close of the last century, in regard to the distinction between what was genuine and spurious. Th...

There remains one other companion of Sokrates, for whom a dignified place must be reserved in this volume--Xenophon the son of Gryllus. It is to him that we owe, in great part,...

As we know little about Plato except from his works, the first question to be decided is, Which _are_ his real works? Where are we to find a trustworthy Platonic Canon?

The first feeling of any reader accustomed to the astronomy and physics of the present century, on considering the various theories noticed in the preceding chapter, is a sort o...

The dialogue called Euthyphron, over and above its contribution to the ethical enquiries of Plato, has a certain bearing on the character and exculpation of Sokrates. It will th...

Of Plato's biography we can furnish nothing better than a faint outline. We are not fortunate enough to possess the work on Plato's life,[1] composed by his companion and discip...

common, and that all marital jealousy ought to be discarded. [Greek: A)re/skei d' au)toi=s kai\ koina\s ei)=nai ta\s gunai=kas dei=n para\ toi=s sophoi=s ô(/ste to\n e)ntucho/nt...

Adopting the order of precedence above described, for the review of the Platonic compositions, and taking the point of departure from Sokrates or the Sokratic point of view, I b...

The life of Plato extends from 427-347 B.C. He was born in the fourth year of the Peloponnesian war, and he died at the age of 80, about the time when Olynthus was taken by the...

The dialogue called Kriton is, in one point of view, a second part or sequel--in another point of view, an antithesis or corrective--of the Platonic Apology. For that reason, I...

The revolutions of such grand bodies could not take place, in the opinion of the' Pythagoreans, without producing a loud and powerful sound; and as their distances from the cent...

Nothing permanent except the law of process and implication of contraries--the transmutative force. Fixity of particulars is an illusion for the most part: so far as it exists,...

The real Plato was not merely a writer of dialogues, but also lecturer and president of a school. In this last important function he is scarcely at all known to us. Notes of his...

Schleiermacher--new theory about the purposes of Plato. One philosophical scheme, conceived by Plato from the beginning--essential order and interdependence of the dialogues, as...

Sokrates intimates his own hesitation in believing these stories of discord among the Gods. Euthyphron declares his full belief in them, as well as in many similar narratives, n...

ei)/ ge ge/noit', ou)k e)/st'; ou)d' ei)/ po/te me/llei e)/sesthai; tô=s ge/nesis me\n a)pe/sbestai, kai\ a)/pistos o)/lethros.]]

He declares that the judgment of the general public is not worthy of trust: he appeals to the judgment of the one Expert, who is wise on the matter in debate _ib._

Incorrectness of such assumption--the Sokratic Elenchus does not furnish a solution, but works upon the mind of the respondent, stimulating him to seek for a solution of his own...