PINEAU DUCLOS (CHARLES). See Duclos.
PLATO. b. 427, d. 347 B.C. Greek philosopher.
APOLOGY OF SOCRATES AND PHÆDO OF PLATO. Tr. 1675.
AXIOCHUS: ON THE SHORTNESS AND UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE. Tr. 1592.
DIALOGUES. Tr. by Flower Sydenham, 1767-80.
ORATIONS OF PERICLES AND PLATO IN PRAISE OF THE ATHENIANS SLAIN IN BATTLE. Tr. by E. Bentham, 1759.
REPUBLIC OF PLATO. Tr. by W. Spens, 1763.
WORKS OF PLATO, abridg'd, with an account of his life, philosophy, morals and politics, together with a translation of his choicest dialogues. By M. Dacier. Tr. from the French, 1701.
The 'Republic' is the model for all ideal commonwealths, e.g. More's 'Utopia', Bacon's 'New Atlantis', etc. Berkeley's 'Alciphron' is based on the 'Dialogues'.
The philosophy of P. influenced the poetry of Shelley, and Wordsworth's 'Intimations of Immortality'. His philosophy has affected all subsequent philosophers.