Θεαίτητος / Σοφιστής vs Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Plato, Ancient & Classical, Socrates, History & Surveys, Philosophy
Θεαίτητος / Σοφιστής
"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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Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους
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…
The verdict
- Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 6 for Θεαίτητος / Σοφιστής.
Reception
| Θεαίτητος / Σοφιστής | Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 33 |
| Editions | 60 | 232 |
| Pages | 336 | 124 |