The Apology (not a dialogue), Crito, Euthyphro, and the unforgettable Phaedo relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In Gorgias, Socrates is estranged from his city's thought, and his fate is impending. Protagoras, Ion, and Meno discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In Laches, Charmides, and Lysis, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions.
Linguistic tests including those of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates' mind fused with Plato's thought. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain that he left Athens for a time after Socrates' execution is probable that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible that he was wealthy is likely that he was critical of 'advanced' democracy is obvious. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE.
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