Just finished Plato: Five Dialogues. What should I read next?
So I’ve read Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, and Meno. Thrasyllus' canon, which some modern scholars question, is as follows:
- Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phædo
- Cratylus, Theætetus, Sophist, Statesman
- Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phædrus
- Alcibiades, Alcibiades II, Hipparchus, Rival Lovers
- Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis
- Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno
- Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus
- Clitophon, Republic, Timæus, Critias
- Minos, Laws, Epinomis, Epistles
There is also the Definitions, On Justice, On Virtue, Demodocus, Sisyphus, Halcyon, Eryxias, Axiochus, and Epigrams which seem to be widely disputed but are included in Hackett’s collection.
What would you consider to be essential for me next as someone who wants to read all of his work? Which of these works would you agree is apocryphal?