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Ion

Author
Plato
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
26 pages
ISBN
9781911429937
Published
19 June 2016
Imprint
The Big Nest
  • Plato
  • Meno
  • dialogue
  • Republic
  • Socrates
  • democracy
  • philosophy
  • political
  • soul
  • forms

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The Ion is the shortest, or nearly the shortest, of all the writings which bear the name of Plato, and is not authenticated by any early external testimony. The grace and beauty of this little work supply the only, and perhaps a sufficient, proof of its genuineness. The plan is simple; the dramatic interest consists entirely in the contrast between the irony of Socrates and the transparent vanity and childlike enthusiasm of the rhapsode Ion.

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Plato (c. 427–347 BCE) wrote the dialogues in which Socrates thinks aloud — justice, love, the shape of a good city. Philosophy here is drama. Interactive Media keeps those conversations in circulation.

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