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<big>''Platonis Philosophi Quae Extant Graece ad Editionem Henrici Stephani Accurate Expressa cum Marsilii Ficini Interpretatione; Praemittitur 1. III Laertii De Vita Et Dogm. Plat. cum Notitia Literaria. Accedit Varietas Lectionis. Studiis Societatis Bipontinae''</big>
===by Plato===
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] (429–347 B.C.E.) was the philosophical student of Socrates, and subsequently a massive influence on western thought in his own right. Plato's work touches on all aspects of life and philosophy. His philosophy of the Forms, the ideal embodiment of any being or concept, leads people to question the world they see before themselves and to constantly strive for a better and more virtuous state of being.<ref>''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', sv. "Plato", last modified September 21, 2013, http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato/.</ref> His work in Republic, where Plato attempts with the help of two students to form the perfect city, would certainly have been on the minds of many during the eighteenth century.<ref>''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', s.v. “American Philosophy”, last modified July 21 2005, http://www.iep.utm.edu/american/#H2.</ref>

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Listed in the [[Jefferson Inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]] as "Plato. Gr. Lat. 12.v 8vo." and given by [[Thomas Jefferson]] to his grandson [[Thomas Jefferson Randolph]]. The [https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433 Brown Bibliography]<ref> Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> lists the 1781-1787 edition of ''Platonis Philosophi'' based on the existence of that title and edition in Jefferson's library.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ""Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'' 2nd ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 2:33-34 (no.1311).</ref> [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on April 21, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing concurs that ''Platonis Philosophi'' was the "probable" title in [[Wythe's Library]] but no specific edition is listed. One possible problem with the identification of the 1781-1787 edition ''Platonis Philosophi'' as the title in Jefferson's inventory is the fact that Jefferson lists "12.v." and this edition only has 11 volumes. However, many copies of this edition, including Jefferson's at the Library of Congress, appear to have been accompanied by ''Dialogorum Platonis Argumenta Exposita et Illustrata, a Diet'' (Tiedemann: Biponti, 1786) bound as volume 12. 

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in mottled calf with gilt lining on boards and hilt decoration to spines. Has title labels inset on black morocco and copper engraved title vignettes. Contains bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer. Purchased from K Books Ltd.<br />
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