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Books by Plato

Plato (c. 428–348 BCE) was an Athenian philosopher and student of Socrates who founded the Academy in Athens. His dialogues are among the foundational texts of Western philosophy, covering ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, and political philosophy. The Phaedo is generally dated to Plato's middle period, when the Theory of Forms is most fully developed. Oxford University Press editions, including the translation by David Gallop, are standard scholarly references for this dialogue.