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Which Plato dialogues to read first?
According to Iamblichus, for example, the First Alcibiades should be read first, then Gorgias, Phaedo, then Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, Phaedrus, Symposium, Philebus, and finally Timaeus and Parmenides.
What is Plato’s best dialogue?
One of his most famous statements in that regard is “The unexamined life is not worth living.” This philosophical questioning is known as the Socratic method. In some dialogues Plato’s main character is not Socrates but someone from outside of Athens.
How do you read Plato’s dialogues?
If I were to give you a Plato tutorial, the following are the first ten or so of the 33 or so Platonic Dialogues I would suggest (in the following order):…
- The Apology (possibly, as a group, with the Crito and Phaedo)
- The Meno.
- The Phaedrus.
- The Gorgias.
- The Theatetus.
- The Republic.
- The Symposium.
- The Timaeus.
Which book should I read of Plato?
The Republic by Plato (427-347 B.C.E.)
What is the best order to read Plato’s dialogues?
Maybe -Symposium -Republic – Phaedrus/Gorgias – Theatetus, would be my list of what to read, starting with symposium progressing in that order. But again, each dialogue has themes, so it really depends on which aspect of Plato’s philosophy you’re most interested in.
Should I read Plato’s Republic or Theaetetus first?
And in the Theaetetus, the question, ‘what is knowledge?’, is taken up. As for Republic. I should say it must be read completely, as a whole. In fact, I recommend the Republic as a first reading of Plato. How do you feel about Ion?
How do I come to appreciate Plato?
Now to your question. my advice if you want to come to appreciate Plato and understand him would be: forget about the scholars, forget all you were told by your teachers, all you read in your manuals and read Plato himself. You will have ample time then to go back to the litterature on the dialogues!…
Are the early dialogues an accurate depiction of Socrates?
The early dialogues are considered by most scholars to be an accurate depiction of Socrates, who held beliefs independent of Plato.