In this dialogue Socrates is portrayed by Plato as the patient and virtuous citizen who is willing to give his life in obedience to the laws of the State. Crito, an old friend of Socrates, visits him with a plan to escape from the prison where he is awaiting the execution of his sentence. Socrates maintaining in death the principles he has held during his life, refuses to do the least evil in order to avoid the greatest.This edition of The Apology is the translation into English fr...

In the final moments of his life, Socrates discusses with a group of friends the nature of death and the immortality of the soul. Based on previous philosophies he argues that the circle of nature is not complete unless the living come from the dead as well as pass to them. His composure demonstrates his conviction that no evil can happen to a good man, in life or death, and that it is his dead body and not him they will bury.This edition of The Apology is the translation into Engl...

Discourses in praise of Eros, translated as love, are spoken by Socrates and other Athenians at a banquet hosted by Agathon. Love is seen as an aspect of the divine running through all nature and being; and regarded as the source of all creation, virtue and wisdom.This edition of The Apology is the translation into English from the original Greek by Professor Benjamin Jowett from the third edition of The Dialogues of Plato published in five volumes by Oxford University Press in 189...

This dialogue is Plato’s treatise on natural philosophy. Integrating Pre-Socratic thought with his own theory of ideas and metaphysics, he attempts to bring everything that exists under reason; from the Cosmos to living creatures to human diseases. He sees everything created as product of necessity, having a cause and tending towards an end; the Universe as one whole being having a soul, and everything that exists as a work of design intelligible to the human mind.This edition of T...

Theaetetus, a young disciple of the famous geometrician Theodorus, is brought back to Athens by the army deadly wounded from the battle of Corinth. As he is approaching death he turns to philosophy, with the purpose of making the transition from mathematics to metaphysics. Socrates, who has an evident interest in Theaetetus, discusses with him about the nature of knowledge and how to attain it.This edition of The Apology is the translation into English from the original Greek by Pr...

In "Some Remarks on Logical Form," Ludwig Wittgenstein revisits and substantially qualifies the austere picture of language developed in the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. The essay examines the relation between propositions, elementary propositions, and the structures of reality they represent, with particular attention to the difficulty of analyzing systems of color exclusion and other forms of incompatibility. Its compressed, argumentative prose retains the Tractatus's architectonic am...

"Phaedrus" is a philosophical dialogue written by Plato that explores the nature of love, the power of rhetoric, and the relationship between speech and truth. The book takes its name from one of the main characters, Phaedrus, who is a young and handsome Athenian. The dialogue concludes with a discussion about the nature of speech and writing, and the relationship between the two. Socrates argues that true knowledge and wisdom can only be found in the living word, rather than in the writte...

Aristotle's Politics is a work of political philosophy. The end of the Nicomachean Ethics declared that the inquiry into ethics necessarily follows into politics, and the two works are frequently considered to be parts of a larger treatise dealing with the "philosophy of human affairs." The title of the Politics literally means "the things concerning the polis." Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The English playwright and poet, William Shakespeare, is often referred to as the 'Bard of Avon' and 'England's national poet'. He is considered to be the greatest writer of the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. His plays are performed more than those of any other playwright, and have been translated into every major living language. This beautiful illustrated book contains all of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets, including the Fair Youth Sonnets, the Dark Lady Sonnets and the ...

In "Euthyphro," Plato presents a profound dialogue between Socrates and Euthyphro, exploring the nature of piety and the essence of moral virtue amidst the chaotic religious landscape of ancient Athens. The text is characterized by its Socratic method of questioning, invoking rigorous philosophical inquiry that examines whether moral actions stem from divine approval or are intrinsically valuable. This dialogue not only interrogates the implications of piety and justice but also serves as ...

The Game of Logic by Lewis Carroll. This book has all the illustrations of the original.The Game of Logic, described by Lewis Carroll—author of Alice in Wonderland—in 1887 consists of discussing the meaning of propositions like "Some fresh cakes are sweet," and is an instructive introduction to the concepts of logic. The game takes place in a world divided into four quadrants. In the northwest quadrant, the cakes are fresh and sweet, in the northeast, they are fresh and not-sweet, ...

Lord Byron was an English poet who became one of the leading figures in the Romantic Movement. Byron is still considered to be one of the most influential poets in history. This edition of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage includes a table of contents.