Plato within Your Grasp : The First Step to Understanding Plato

Plato Within Your Grasp Plato (427?-347 BC), the protege of Socrates, was one of the Western world's earliest and most important philosophers - a thinker whose moral and political teachings still resonate today.

This succinct guide covers Plato's complex ideas and counterintuitive arguments and offers chapter-length discussions of major dialogues such as Meno, Phaedo, and The Republic.