Great Books and Classics

Plato (c. 427-347 BC)

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List of Works
[Apology] [Charmides] [Courage] [Cratylus] [Critias] [Crito] [Euthydemus] [Euthyphro] [Friendship] [Gorgias] [Ion] [Laches (or, Courage)] [Laws] [Lysis (or, Friendship)] [Meno] [Parmenides] [Phaedo] [Phaedrus] [Philebus] [Protagoras] [The Republic] [The Seventh Letter] [Sophist] [Statesman] [Symposium] [Theaetetus] [Timaeus] [Collections]

Apology (c. 360 BC) [GBF(50),GBWW,GI,HTR,HC]

HTML (single page, 81 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML (single page, 66KB) at the Constitution Society (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Harold North Fowler)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (5 pages, indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)
Text file (59KB) at The Constitution Society (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, and Phaedrus, translated by H.N. Fowler (Harvard Univ Pr, 1914).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, translated by F.J. Church (Prentice Hall, 1956, 88 pg).
Paperback edition of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo, translated by Benjamin Jowett (Prometheus Books, 1988, 138 pg).
Audio CD edition, unabridged, of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo (Agora Pubns, 2005).

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Charmides (or, Temperance) (c. 380 BC) [GBWW,htr]

HTML (single page, 82 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by W.R.M. Lamb)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (Single page) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Charmides, Alcibiades I & II, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Minos, and Epinomis, translated by W.R.M. Lamb (Harvard Univ Pr, 1927).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Laches and Charmides, translated by Rosamond Kent Sprague (Hackett Pub Co, 1992, 112 pg).

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Cratylus (c. 360 BC) [GBWW,htr]

HTML (single page, 191 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Harold North Fowler)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (4 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)
Esperanto Adobe Acrobat (334 KB) at eLibrejo (Translated by Donald Broadribb)

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Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Greek/English Hardcover edition of Cratylus, Parmenides, Greater Hippias, and Lesser Hippias, translated by H.N. Fowler (Harvard Univ Pr, 1977).

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Critias (c. 360 BC) [GBWW,htr]

HTML (single page, 53 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by R.G. Bury)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (Single page, 187 KB) at Zeno.org - meine Bibliothek (Translated by Franz Susemihl)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Timaeus, Critias, Cleitophon, Menexenus, and Plato's Letters, translation by R.G. Bury (Harvard Univ Pr, 1960).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Timaeus and Critias, translated by H.D. Lee(?) (Viking Press, 1972, 165 pg).

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Crito (c. 360 BC) [GBF(HS),GBWW,GI,htr,HC]

HTML (single page, 43 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML (33 KB) at the Constitution Society (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Harold North Fowler)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (Single page) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)
Text file (28KB) at The Constitution Society (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, and Phaedrus, translated by H.N. Fowler (Harvard Univ Pr, 1914, 88 pg).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, translated by F.J. Church (Prentice Hall, 1956, 88 pg).
Paperback edition of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo, translated by Benjamin Jowett (Prometheus Books, 1988, 138 pg).
Audio CD edition, unabridged, of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo (Agora Pubns, 2005).

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Euthydemus (c. 380 BC) [GBWW,htr]

HTML (single page, 120 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by W.R.M. Lamb)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (2 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Laches, Protagoras, Meno, and Euthydemus, translated by W.R.M. Lamb (Harvard Univ Pr, 1924).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).

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Euthyphro (c. 380 BC) [GBWW,GI,htr]

HTML (single page, 56 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Harold North Fowler)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (Single page) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, and Phaedrus, translated by H.N. Fowler (Harvard Univ Pr, 1914).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, translated by F.J. Church (Prentice Hall, 1956, 88 pg).
Paperback edition of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo, translated by Benjamin Jowett (Prometheus Books, 1988, 138 pg).
Audio CD edition, unabridged, of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo (Agora Pubns, 2005).

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Gorgias (c. 380 BC) [GBWW,GI,HTR]

HTML (single page, 277 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by W.R.M. Lamb)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (6 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Lysis, Symposium, and Gorgias, translated by W.R.M. Lamb (Harvard Univ Pr, 1925).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Protagoras, Philebus, and Gorgias, translated by Benjamin Jowett (Prentice Hall, 1996, 208 pg).
Audio CD edition, unabridged(?) (Agora Pubns, 1998).

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Ion (c. 380 BC) [GBWW,htr]

HTML (single page, 44 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by W.R.M. Lamb)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (Single page) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Statesman, Philebus, and Ion, translated by E.H. Warmington (Harvard Univ Pr, 1992).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, and Protagoras, translated by R.E. Allen (Yale Univ Pr, 1998, 248 pg).

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Laches (or, Courage) (c. 380 BC) [GBWW,GI,htr]

HTML (single page, 80 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by W.R.M. Lamb)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (2 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Laches, Protagoras, Meno, and Euthydemus, translated by W.R.M. Lamb (Harvard Univ Pr, 1924).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, and Protagoras, translated by R.E. Allen (Yale Univ Pr, 1998, 248 pg).
Paperback edition of Laches and Charmides, translated by Rosamond Kent Sprague (Hackett Pub Co, 1992, 112 pg).

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Laws (c. 360 BC) [GBWW,GI,htr]

HTML (12 pages, 66-120 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by R.G. Bury)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
Text file (760 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition in two volumes, translation by R.G. Bury (Harvard Univ Pr):
Vol. 1 - Books I-VI (1988, 522 pg)
Vol. 2 - Books VII-XII (1981, 590 pg)
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition, translated by Thomas L. Pangle (Univ of Chicago Pr, 1988, 562 pg).

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Lysis (or, Friendship) (c. 380 BC) [GBWW,htr]

HTML (single page, 71 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by W.R.M. Lamb)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (Single page) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Lysis, Symposium, and Gorgias, translated by W.R.M. Lamb (Harvard Univ Pr, 1925).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).

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Meno (c. 380 BC) [GBWW,GI,HTR]

HTML (single page, 105 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by W.R.M. Lamb)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (2 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Laches, Protagoras, Meno, and Euthydemus, translated by W.R.M. Lamb (Harvard Univ Pr, 1924).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Protagoras and Meno, translated by Adam Beresford (Agora Pubns, 1998).

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Parmenides (c. 370 BC) [GBWW,htr]

HTML (single page, 153 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Harold North Fowler)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (3 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Cratylus, Parmenides, Greater Hippias, and Lesser Hippias, translated by H.N. Fowler (Harvard Univ Pr, 1977).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition, translated by Mary Louise Gill and Paul Ryan (Hackett Pub Co, 1957).

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Phaedo (c. 360 BC) [GBWW,HTR,HC]

HTML (single page, 200KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML (166KB) at the Constitution Society (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Harold North Fowler)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
Finnish HTML (253 KB; 86 KB zipped; 235/83 KB text file also available) at Project Gutenberg (Translated by J.W. Calamnius)
German HTML (3 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)
Text file (145KB) at The Constitution Society (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, and Phaedrus, translated by H.N. Fowler (Harvard Univ Pr, 1914).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo, translated by Benjamin Jowett (Prometheus Books, 1988, 138 pg).
Audio CD edition, unabridged, of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo (Agora Pubns, 2005).

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Phaedrus (c. 360 BC) [GBWW,HTR]

HTML (single page, 173 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Harold North Fowler)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (3 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, and Phaedrus, translated by H.N. Fowler (Harvard Univ Pr, 1914).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Thrift Paperback edition of Phaedrus and Symposium, translated by Benjamin Jowett (Dover Pubns, 1994, 92 pg).

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Philebus (c. 360 BC) [GBWW,htr]

HTML (single page, 198 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Harold North Fowler)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (4 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Statesman, Philebus, and Ion, translated by E.H. Warmington (Harvard Univ Pr, 1992).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Protagoras, Philebus, and Gorgias, translated by Benjamin Jowett (Prentice Hall, 1996, 208 pg).

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Protagoras (c. 380 BC) [GBWW,HTR]

HTML (single page, 169 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by W.R.M. Lamb)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (3 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Laches, Protagoras, Meno, and Euthydemus, translated by W.R.M. Lamb (Harvard Univ Pr, 1924).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Protagoras, Philebus, and Gorgias, translated by Benjamin Jowett (Prentice Hall, 1996, 208 pg).
Paperback edition of Ion, Hippias Minor, Laches, and Protagoras, translated by R.E. Allen (Yale Univ Pr, 1998, 248 pg).
Paperback edition of Protagoras and Meno, translated by Adam Beresford (Agora Pubns, 1998).

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The Republic (c. 360 BC) [GBF,GBWW,GI,HTR]

HTML (Multi-page, indexed) at The Constitution Society (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML (11 pages, 52-110 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Paul Shorey)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (19 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)
Text file (680KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
Text file (655KB) at Wiretap (ftp) (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
Text file (681KB) at The Constitution Society (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
Esperanto Adobe Acrobat (909 KB) at Esperantaj Libroj (Translated by Donald Broadribb)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition in two volumes, translation by Christopher Emlyn-Jones (Harvard Univ Pr):
Vol. 1 - Books I-V (2013)
Vol. 2 - Books VI-X (2013)
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition, translated by G.M. Grube (Hackett Pub Co, 1992, 320 pg).
Paperback edition, translated by Benjamin Jowett (Vintage Books, 1991, 397 pg).
Paperback edition, translated by Francis M. Cornford (Oxford Univ Pr, 1988, 366 pg).
Audio CD edition, unabridged (Agora Pubns, 2001).

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The Seventh Letter (c. 360 BC) [GBWW,htr]

HTML (single page, 99 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by R.G. Bury)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Timaeus, Critias, Cleitophon, Menexenus, and Plato's Letters, translation by R.G. Bury (Harvard Univ Pr, 1960).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).

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Sophist (c. 360 BC) [GBWW,HTR]

HTML (single page, 191 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Harold North Fowler)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (4 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Theaetetus and Sophist, translated by H.N. Fowler (Harvard Univ Pr, 1988).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition, translated by Seth Benardete (Univ of Chicago Press, 1986, 180 pg).

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Statesman (c. 360 BC) [GBWW,htr]

HTML (single page, 192 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Harold North Fowler)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (5 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Statesman, Philebus, and Ion, translated by E.H. Warmington (Harvard Univ Pr, 1992).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition, translated by Robin Waterfield(?) (Cambridge Univ Pr, 1995, 89 pg).

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Symposium (c. 360 BC) [GBF(50),GBWW,HTR]

HTML (single page, 159 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Harold North Fowler)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (Illustrated, 335 KB; 178 KB zipped; 149/55 KB text file also available) at Project Gutenberg (Translated by Rudolf Kassner)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Lysis, Symposium, and Gorgias, translated by W.R.M. Lamb (Harvard Univ Pr, 1925).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition, translated by Robin Waterfield (Oxford Univ Pr, 1998).
Thrift Paperback edition of Phaedrus and Symposium, translated by Benjamin Jowett (Dover Pubns, 1994, 92 pg).

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Theaetetus (c. 360 BC) [GBWW,HTR]

HTML (single page, 249 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by Harold North Fowler)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (5 pages, not indexed) at Projekt Gutenberg-DE (Translated by Friedrich Schleiermacher)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Theaetetus and Sophist, translated by H.N. Fowler (Harvard Univ Pr, 1988).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition, translated by Robin Waterfield(?) (Viking Press, 1987, 256 pg).
Paperback edition, translated by Seth Benardete (Univ of Chicago Press, 1986, 195 pg).

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Timaeus (c. 360 BC) [GBWW,htr]

HTML (3 pages, indexed) at York University (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML (single page, 236 KB) at MIT Classics Archive (Translated by Benjamin Jowett)
HTML at Perseus/Tufts (Translated by R.G. Bury)
Greek HTML at Perseus/Tufts
German HTML (Single page, 393 KB) at Zeno.org - meine Bibliothek (Translated by Franz Susemihl)

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Greek/English Hardcover edition of Timaeus, Critias, Cleitophon, Menexenus, and Plato's Letters, translation by R.G. Bury (Harvard Univ Pr, 1960).
Hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters, multiple translators (Princeton University Press, 2005).
Paperback edition of Timaeus and Critias, translated by H.D. Lee(?) (Viking Press, 1972, 165 pg).
Paperback edition, translated by Donald J. Zeyl (Hackett Pub Co, 2000, 112 pg).