This essential collection of essays and dialogues by Plato is perfect for any student or enthusiast of philosophy. This collection contains: The Allegory of the Cave, Apology, Charmides, Crito, Laches, Lysis, Meno, and Symposium. Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy,...