1. The Brilliant Works of Plato
Plato's first major dialogue is The Apology, which documents the trial and defense speech of his teacher, Socrates, who, despite proving his innocence using the Socratic method, is found guilty and executed. ... Plato's five greatest and most well known writings are, The Apology, Phaedo, Crito, The Republic, and Symposium. ... Symposium is about the function and purpose of love. ... In his writing, Phaedrus he states that one needs to alter one's form and style of discourse so that it might correspond to a particular audience: [One] must analyse on the same principles the n...
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