Plato's Dialogues

This five-volume collection brings together the complete Dialogues of Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett and first published in 1892. Long valued for its clarity, balance, and literary restraint, Jowett’s translation has served generations of readers as a dependable gateway to the thought of Plato, preserving the seriousness of the arguments without obscuring them behind technical language.

Across the set, Plato’s philosophy unfolds from early ethical inquiries and Socratic conversations, through searching examinations of knowledge, language, and rhetoric, to the great systematic works on justice, politics, cosmology, and law. The dialogues address enduring questions about virtue, friendship, love, education, truth, power, the soul, and the proper ordering of society, culminating in The Republic and Laws, Plato’s most comprehensive treatments of political life.

The collection also includes dialogues of disputed authenticity presented as appendices, offering valuable historical context and insight into the broader Platonic tradition. Taken as a whole, this bundle provides a complete and coherent view of Plato’s philosophical development, from probing dialectical exchanges to mature reflections on governance and moral order.

Ideal for students, scholars, and thoughtful general readers, this five-volume set stands as a cornerstone of classical philosophy, offering a serious, time-tested translation of works that continue to shape ethical, political, and philosophical debate.