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Lesser Hippias

428? BCE-348? BCE Plato · Benjamin Jowett

FormatEbook
Published1999
Words9,401
LanguageEnglish
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A short Socratic dialogue by Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, in which Socrates examines the sophist Hippias and argues paradoxically about whether the person who does wrong voluntarily is better than one who errs involuntarily. Suitable for readers of ancient philosophy, Platonic studies, and moral reasoning.

428? BCE-348? BCE Plato

Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher active in the 4th and 5th centuries BCE, who wrote philosophical dialogues. He is known for founding the Academy in Athens and for foundational contributions to Western philosophy, including works on ethics, politics, and metaphysics.

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