Plato for Beginners

All philosophy is a footnote to Plato. No other person so shaped the Western world and the way we think about it. Plato's questions remain as real for us today as they were 2500 years ago, and as human beings we cannot avoid their presence nor shirk our responsibility to attempt to answer them. Plato For Beginners introduces the reader to Socrates and what he meant by Truth, Beauty, and the Good. Classical dialogues such as Symposium, Phaedo, The Apology and The Republic are all explored in the context of his time and our own.