# The Dialogues of Plato (Jowett)/Volume I

Translation published in 1892 (The Dialogues of Plato Translated into English with Analyses and Introductions, in Five Volumes, Vol. II, Third Edition, Revised and Corrected Throughout, with Marginal Analyses and an Index of Subjects and Proper Names, Oxford University Press, London: Henry Frowde).
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THE
DIALOGUES OF PLATO
JOWETT
HENRY FROWDE, M.A.
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND NEW YORK
THE
DIALOGUES OF PLATO
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH
WITH ANALYSES AND INTRODUCTIONS
BY
B. JOWETT, M.A.
MASTER OF BALLIOL COLLEGE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD DOCTOR IN THEOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEYDEN
IN FIVE VOLUMES
VOL. I
THIRD EDITION
REVISED AND CORRECTED THROUGHOUT, WITH MARGINAL ANALYSES AND AN INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND PROPER NAMES
Oxford
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WHO DURING FIFTY YEARS
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​The additions and alterations which have been made, both in the Introductions and in the Text of this Edition, affect at least a third of the work.
Having regard to the extent of these alterations, and to the annoyance which is naturally felt by the owner of a hook at the possession of it in an inferior form, and still more keenly by the writer himself, who must always desire to be read as he is at his best, I have thought that the possessor of either of the former Editions (1870 and 1876) might wish to exchange it for the present one. I have therefore arranged that those who would like to make this exchange, on depositing a perfect and undamaged copy of the first or second Edition with any agent of the Clarendon Press, shall be entitled to receive a copy of a new Edition at half-price.
NOTE
The chief additions to the Introductions in the Third Edition consist of Essays on the following subjects:—
* (1) Language................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Vol. I, 295-321.
* (2) The decline of Greek Literature................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Vol. I, 424-429.
* (3) The 'Ideas' of Plato and Modern Philosophy................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Vol. II, 12-25.
* (4) The myths of Plato................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Vol. II, 316-324.
* (5) The relation of the Republic, Statesman and Laws................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Vol. III, ccxi-ccxvii.
* (6) The legend of Atlantis................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Vol. III, 429-433.
* (7) Psychology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Vol. IV, 175-191.
* (8) Comparison of the Laws of Plato with Spartan and Athenian Laws and Institutions................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Vol. V, ccxiii-ccxxxvi.
CONTENTS
* CHARMIDES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* LYSIS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
* LACHES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................77
* PROTAGORAS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................113
* EUTHYDEMUS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................189
* CRATYLUS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................251
* PHAEDRUS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................391
* ION................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................491
* SYMPOSIUM................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................513