The editions which have been made use of are those of Bekker, Ast, and Stallbaum, though with very few exceptions the readings of the latter have been adopted. The division into sections, according to the London edition of Bekker, has been retained, because the arrangement is convenient, and it is believed that that edition is more generally to be met with in this country than any other. H. C. Oxford, Nov. 28, 1848. ERRATUM. Page 428. § 114, l. 6, _for_ objects, both, _read_ both objects. CONTENTS. ------- Page PREFACE vii INTRODUCTION TO THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES 1 THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES 3 INTRODUCTION TO THE CRITO 30 CRITO OR THE DUTY OF A CITIZEN 31 INTRODUCTION TO THE PHÆDO 46 PHÆDO OR THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL 54 INTRODUCTION TO THE GORGIAS 128 GORGIAS OR ON RHETORIC 136 INTRODUCTION TO THE PROTAGORAS 233 PROTAGORAS OR THE SOPHISTS 237 INTRODUCTION TO THE PHÆDRUS 295 PHÆDRUS OR ON THE BEAUTIFUL 301 INTRODUCTION TO THE THEÆTETUS 361 THEÆTETUS OR ON SCIENCE 369 INTRODUCTION TO THE EUTHYPHRON 456 EUTHYPHRON OR ON HOLINESS 458 INTRODUCTION TO THE LYSIS 477 LYSIS OR ON FRIENDSHIP 482 INTRODUCTION TO THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES. Two charges were brought against Socrates, one, that he did not believe in the gods received by the state, the other, that he corrupted the Athenian youth by teaching them not to believe.