Θεαίτητος / Σοφιστής vs Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Θεαίτητος / Σοφιστής Θεαίτητος / Σοφιστής Plato · 1921 336 pages · ≈ 6 h 13 m · Demanding

"Plato's Theaetetus and Sophist are two of his most important dialogues, and are widely read and discussed by philosophers for what they reveal about his epistemology and particularly his accounts of belief and…

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Cover of Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους Plato · 1675 ★★★★☆ 3.9 124 pages · ≈ 2 h 18 m · Demanding

There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever since. Following the teachings…

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Θεαίτητος / ΣοφιστήςἈπολογία Σωκράτους
Ratings — 33
Editions 60 232
Pages 336 124

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