Plato (c.428 BC to c.347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy of Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

I am gradually putting up html renditions of the dialogues of Plato, with each dialogue paragraph (or segment) given an html anchor tag to enable accurate referencing from other pages.

Thirty-five dialogues and thirteen letters (the Epistles) have traditionally been ascribed to Plato, though modern scholarship doubts the authenticity of at least some of these. The order of their composition is also a matter of debate.

These translations are by the renowned Oxford academic Benjamin Jowett, published in 5 volumes in 1871—3rd edition 1892, Oxford University Press.