Plato On Virtue and Character

Contents

1. The value of virtue

   1. Alcibiades: man
   2. Lysis: friendship
   3. Laches: manhood
   4. Charmides: wisdom

2. The sophists

   1. Protagoras: relativism
   2. Greater Hippias
   3. Gorgias: illusion of justice
   4. Lesser Hippias: illusion of science

3. Socrates’ trial

   1. Meno: pragmatism
   2. Euthyphro: letter of the law
   3. Apology: law in action
   4. Crito: spirit of the law