Compiled by Clifton D. Healy
© 1999 Clifton D. Healy
The materials organized below are derived from the sources indicated. Any errors expressed are solely my own.
Plato's Works
(And Works Attributed to Him)
| Platonic Authorship | Disputed Platonic Authorship | Spurious |
| Euthyphro | Alcibiades | Second Alcibiades |
| Apology | Greater Hippias | Hipparchus |
| Crito | Clitophon | Rival Lovers |
| Phaedo | Letter VII | Theages |
| Cratylus | Epigrams 4-6, 8-18 | Minos |
| Theaetetus | Epinomis | |
| Sophist | Definitions | |
| Statesman | On Justice | |
| Permenides | On Virtue | |
| Philebus | Demodocus | |
| Symposium | Sisyphus | |
| Phaedrus | Halcyon | |
| Charmides | Eryxias | |
| Laches | Axiochus | |
| Lysis | Letters I-VI, VIII-XIII | |
| Euthydemus | ||
| Protagoras | ||
| Gorgias | ||
| Meno | ||
| Lesser Hippias | ||
| Ion | ||
| Menexenus | ||
| Republic | ||
| Timaeus | ||
| Critias | ||
| Laws | ||
| Epigrams 1-3, 7 |
Note: These are the views derived from introductory material by John
M Cooper in Plato: Complete Works, Hackett, 1997.
| 1 | Euthyphro | Apology | Crito | Phaedo |
| 2 | Cratylus | Theaetetus | Sophist | Statesman |
| 3 | Parmenides | Philebus | Symposium | Phaedrus |
| 4 | 1st Alcibiades | 2nd Alcibiades | Hipparchus | Rival Lovers |
| 5 | Theages | Charmides | Laches | Lysis |
| 6 | Euthydemus | Protagoras | Gorgias | Meno |
| 7 | Greater Hippias | Lesser Hippias | Io | Menexenus |
| 8 | Clitophon | Republic | Timaeus | Critias |
| 9 | Minos | Laws | Epinomis | Letters |
| Hamilton and Cairns | Cooper* |
| Apology | Early Socratic Dialogues |
| Crito | Euthyphro |
| Phaedo | Apology |
| Charmides | Crito |
| Laches | Charmides |
| Lysis | Laches |
| Euthyphro | Lysis |
| Menexenus | Euthydemus |
| Lesser Hippias | Protagoras |
| Ion | Gorgias |
| Gorgias | Lesser Hippias |
| Protagoras | Ion |
| Meno | Menexenus |
| Euthydemus | Middle Works |
| Cratylus | Phaedo |
| Phaedrus | Cratylus |
| Symposium | Theaetetus |
| Republic | Parmenides |
| Theaetetus | Symposium |
| Parmenides | Phaedrus |
| Sophist | Meno |
| Statesman | Republic |
| Philebus | Late Works |
| Timaeus | Timaeus |
| Critias | Critias |
| Laws | Sophist |
| Statesman | |
| Philebus | |
| Laws |
*It should be noted that Cooper rejects the chronological approach,
which he asserts is mostly conjecture and a priori assumptions,
to reading and studying Plato; though he doesn't deny some benefit for
attempting to determine the times of composition as they relate to Plato's
developing thought.
| Passage | Location |
| Meno's Slave and the Geometry Lesson | Meno 82a-86d |
| Why a philosopher is not afraid to die | Phaedo 63c-70d |
| Aristophanes' view of the sexes | Symposium 190e-193d |
| The Charioteer (the tripartite soul) | Phaedrus 253d-e |
| The Ring of Gyges (made the wearer invisible) | The Republic Bk II, 359d-360a |
| The Myth of the Cave | The Republic Bk VII, 514a-517a |
| The Wax Block | Theaetetus 193d-e |
| The "Mud, Hair and Filth" Critique | Parmenides 130 |
| Eight Hypothoses on Unity | Parmenides 137b-166c |
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