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Philosophy: The Power of Ideas
Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 5/e
Brooke Moore
Kenneth Bruder

Socrates, Plato

Web Links

Philosophers:

Sophism
(http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/gallery/rhetoric/terms/sophism.html)

Good general information on the Sophists.
Sophist by Plato
(http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/sophist.html)

Complete text from the Internet Classics Archive.
Plato's dialogues - 2nd Tetralogy
(http://phd.evansville.edu/tetra_2/tetra_2.htm)

Commentary on Plato's Sophists.
What Socrates Taught
(http://www.san.beck.org/SOCRATES4-What.html)

Excellent overview of Socrates by Sanderson Beck.
Socrates
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/socr.htm)

General information on Socratic philosophy and Web links, from the Philosophy Pages.
Plato
(http://www.knuten.liu.se/~bjoch509/philosophers/pla.html)

General information and links from Björn's guide to Philosophy.
Plato
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.asp?PhilCode=Plat)

General information and links from EpistemeLinks.
Read Plato
(http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/3963/main.htm)

Links to electronic versions of Plato's works.
Exploring Plato's Dialogues
(http://plato.evansville.edu/)

Comments and links to electronic text versions of the dialogs.
The Republic by Plato
(http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html)

Internet Classics Archive.
Plato and his Dialogues
(http://phd.evansville.edu/works.htm)

A list of Plato's works.
Protagoras by Plato
(http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/protagoras.html)

Full text from The Internet Classics Archive.
Terms/Concepts

The Socratic Method
(http://www.str.org/free/studies/socratic.htm)

Outline of the Socratic Method
Socratic Method & Scientific Method
(http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~phildept/Dye/method.html)

Interesting side by side comparison between these two.
An Apologia of the Socratic Method
(http://violet.umf.maine.edu/~apropos/an.htm)

Criticism and discussion of the Socratic Method.
Plato's Theory of Forms
(http://www.fordham.edu/gsas/phil/klima/phru1000/Theory of Forms and its problems.htm)

Overview.
Plato's Theory of Forms
(http://www.ccs.neu.edu/course/com3118/Plato.html)

Essay and excerpts.
Theory of Forms
(http://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/thforms.htm)

Brief overview.
Plato's theory of eternal forms
(http://nj.essortment.com/platotheoryof_rlwi.htm)

Rationalism & Skepticism Links
(http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/serious/rationalism.html)

The Skeptics Society
(http://www.skeptic.com/)

A scientific and educational organization of scholars, scientists, historians, magicians, professors and teachers, and anyone curious about controversial ideas, extraordinary claims, revolutionary ideas and the promotion of science.
Skeptic Magazine
(http://www.skeptic.com/ss-skeptic.html)

On-line version of the magazine and back issues.
The Skeptic's Dictionary
(http://skepdic.com/)

Reality Check
(http://www.korrnet.org/reality/rc/default.html)

An on-line journal devoted to free thought, secular humanism, atheism, science and society issues, skepticism and the general furthering of reason and knowledge.
The Humanist Net Project
(http://www.humanists.net/)

Humanist resources including information on skepticism.
Skeptics: What They Do and Why
(http://www.psicounsel.com/page9328-a.htm)

A short analysis of Socrates' first argument for the immortality of the soul in the Phaedo
(http://members.aol.com/gregweston/phaedo.html)

An Interpretation of Socrates' Last Argument in Plato's Phaedo Concerning Immorality
(http://rideau.carleton.ca/philosophy/cusjp/v17/n1/saner.html#midtitle)

Essay by Marc Saner.
What Socrates Taught
(http://www.san.beck.org/SOCRATES4-What2.html#12)

Link to the section on The Soul. By Sanderson Beck