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This accessible supplement makes Plato’s texts come alive for students by showing them how to read, think critically, and write about these key classic works. Engaging interactive devices draw students into an intimate philosophical encounter that they can model in later work in philosophy.
1. Euthyphro
2. Apology
3. Crito
4. The Death Scene from the Phaedo
5. “Allegory of the Cave”
6. Beneath the Surface of the Dialogues
7. Writing about the Dialogues
Appendix A: A Visual Introduction to Philosophy
Appendix B: Philosophy and Self-Knowledge: Keeping a Philosophical Diary
Platonist Test Evaluation
Recommended Readings
3. Crito
4. The Death Scene from the Phaedo
5. “Allegory of the Cave”
6. Beneath the Surface of the Dialogues
7. Writing about the Dialogues
Appendix A: A Visual Introduction to Philosophy
Appendix B: Philosophy and Self-Knowledge: Keeping a Philosophical Diary
Platonist Test Evaluation
Recommended Readings
5. “Allegory of the Cave”
6. Beneath the Surface of the Dialogues
7. Writing about the Dialogues
Appendix A: A Visual Introduction to Philosophy
Appendix B: Philosophy and Self-Knowledge: Keeping a Philosophical Diary
Platonist Test Evaluation
Recommended Readings
7. Writing about the Dialogues
Appendix A: A Visual Introduction to Philosophy
Appendix B: Philosophy and Self-Knowledge: Keeping a Philosophical Diary
Platonist Test Evaluation
Recommended Readings
Appendix B: Philosophy and Self-Knowledge: Keeping a Philosophical Diary
Platonist Test Evaluation
Recommended Readings
Recommended Readings

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