Remarks on the Kleitophon. Why Thrasyllus placed it in the eighth Tetralogy immediately before the Republic, and along with Kritias, the other fragment 419 Kleitophon is genuine, and perfectly in harmony with a just theory of Plato 420 It could not have been published until after Plato's death _ib._ Reasons why the Kleitophon was never finished. It points out the defects of Sokrates, just as he himself confesses them in the Apology 421 The same defects also confessed in many of the Platonic and Xenophontic dialogues 422 Forcible, yet respectful, manner in which these defects are set forth in the Kleitophon. Impossible to answer them in such a way as to hold out against the negative Elenchus of a Sokratic pupil 423 The Kleitophon represents a point of view which many objectors must have insisted on against Sokrates and Plato 424 The Kleitophon was originally intended as a first book of the Republic, but was found too hard to answer. Reasons why the existing first book was substituted _ib._ CHAPTER XXVI. PLATO. CHAPTER XXVI. PHÆDRUS--SYMPOSION. [Side-note: These two are the two erotic dialogues of Plato. Phædrus is the originator of both.] I put together these two dialogues, as distinguished by a marked peculiarity. They are the two erotic dialogues of Plato. They have one great and interesting subject common to both: though in the Phædrus, this subject is blended with, and made contributory to, another. They agree also in the circumstance, that Phædrus is, in both, the person who originates the conversation. But they differ materially in the manner of handling, in the comparisons and illustrations, and in the apparent purpose. [Side-note: Eros as conceived by Plato. Different sentiment prevalent in Hellenic antiquity and in modern times. Position of women in Greece.]