Some dialogues of Plato are of so various a character that their relation to the other dialogues cannot be determined with any degree of certainty. The Theaetetus, like the...
On Prophesying By Dreams
As to the divination which takes place in sleep, and is said to be based on dreams, we cannot lightly either dismiss it with contempt or give it implicit confidence. The fact that...
On Sense And The Sensible
Having now definitely considered the soul, by itself, and its several faculties, we must next make a survey of animals and all living things, in order to ascertain what functions...
On Sophistical Refutations
Let us now discuss sophistic refutations, i.e. what appear to be refutations but are really fallacies instead. Some reasonings are genuine, while others seem to be so but are not,...
Physics
Physics is a collection of lessons that deal with the general principles of natural or moving things, both living and non-living, rather than physical theories or investigations...
On Generation And Corruption
Our next task is to study coming-to-be and passing-away. We are to distinguish the causes, and to state the definitions, of these processes considered in general-as changes...
Common Sense
Common Sense presented the American colonists with an argument for freedom from British rule at a time when the question of whether or not to seek independence was the central...
Rhetoric
Aristotle's Rhetoric is an ancient Greek text on the art of persuasion, dating from the 4th century BC.
Menexenus
The Menexenus has more the character of a rhetorical exercise than any other of the Platonic works. The writer seems to have wished to emulate Thucydides, and the far slighter...
Relaxation: To Understand Oneself
When we begin to reflect, we discover that we have so many, I would say so very many things to change - so many that we don’t know where to start. Well? Too much confusion!...
