Plato the Teacher: Being Selections From the Apology, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Symposium, Phædrus, Republic, and Phædo of Plato (Classic Reprint) - Taschenbuch

Excerpt from Plato the Teacher: Being Selections From the Apology, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Symposium, Phædrus, Republic, and Phædo of Plato

Plato's fame as a philosopher prevents many from reading him far enough to discover that he is also a teacher of the folk. He is one of very few who can speak at times for the masters alone, and at other times so that the "common people hear him gladly." The historic Socrates drew about him all sorts and conditions of men, from the philosopher to the rake, each by the proper magic; and all sorts and conditions of men may yet feel something of his magic through the dialogues of Plato. To help publish the open secret that Plato speaks with simplicity and charm and power to all of us, is the purpose of this book.

The Apology is placed first as the best possible introduction to the life and spirit of Socrates. The Euthydemus shows Socrates in contrast with the baser Sophists, the Protagoras in contrast with the superior Sophists. The Symposium and Phædrus show philosophically and dramatically Plato's conception of love as the basis of science and of teaching. This is Plato's most important contribution to Education.

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