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In this new edition, two of Plato's most accessible dialogues explore the question of what exactly makes good people good.This lively and accessible new translation conveys the literary elegance and subtle humor of Plato's original dialoguesIncludes suggestions for further reading, a glossary, and explanatory notesAbout the AuthorPlato (c. 427–347 b.c.) founded the Academy in Athens, the prototype of all Western universities, and wrote more than twenty philosophical dialogues.Adam Beresford teaches philosophy and classics at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.Lesley Brown is Centenary Fellow in Philosophy at Somerville College, Oxford.