Plato's Shadow: A Primer on Plato

This book provides the student and general reader with a comprehensive overview of the thought of Plato, Socrates, and the pre-Socratic philosophers. It includes an introduction to their lives and times, and - for the first time - a precis of each of Plato's dialogues, amongst which the Apology, Laches, Gorgias, Symposium, Phaedrus, Phaedo, Meno, Timaeus, Theaetetus, Republic, and 18 others. Please see the table of contents.

A succinct precis of the work of one of the world's greatest thinkers ... For the newcomer or undergraduate it's a great resource, being both a celebration of and an introduction to some of the most remarkable, beautiful, provocative, powerful and vital writings in Western literature. --The Good Web Guide

This book provides a tremendously useful service to anyone studying Plato, or to the more general reader who might otherwise struggle to make headway unaided ... [It is] an essential addition to the library of any serious student of Plato's philosophy - which, given his undiminished importance, should be every philosopher! --PhilosophyOnline

An invaluable, indispensible guide that avoids the usual one-sided approach to Plato ... even the ordering of the dialogues makes sense. I shall certainly be recommending it to my students. --Dr Alan Cardew, University of Essex