A contemporary translations of eight dialogues by Plato with an introduction that discusses Plato's life and his ideas and beliefs about philosophical issues.
Presents contemporary translations of Plato's dialogues, which cover Socrates' trial and execution and such issues as the natures of virtue, love, truth, and the individual.
Plato examines the nature of justice and other topics such as imitative poetry in this philosophical work depicting a dialogue between Socrates--representing Plato--and several other thinkers.