Five Dialogues contains the distinguished translations of G. M. A. Grube, as revised by John Cooper for Plato, Complete Works (Hacket, 1997). This edition includes a number of new or expanded footnotes and updated Suggestions for Further Reading.

Dive into the world of ancient Greek philosophy with Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, and Phaedo. These dialogues explore profound questions of ethics, justice, virtue, and the immortality of the soul.

The Symposium is a fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the course of a lively drinking party, a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros, or desire. From their conversation emerges a series of subtle reflections on gender roles, sex in society, and the sublimation of basic human instincts.

The discussion culminates in a radical challenge to conventional views by Plato's mentor, Socrates, who advocates transcendence through spiritual love. The Symposium is a deft interweaving of different viewpoints and ideas about the nature of love—as a response to beauty, a cosmic force, a motive for social action, and as a means of ethical education.