Plato 428? BCE-348? BCE creator text utu 1999 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Alcibiades I" by Plato is a dialogue from ancient Greece. Socrates confronts the ambitious young Alcibiades just as he prepares to enter Athenian politics. Through persistent questioning, Socrates exposes the youth's ignorance about justice, virtue, and self-knowledge. He challenges Alcibiades to examine his soul and pursue true wisdom before seeking power. The dialogue explores whether the charismatic young man will accept Socrates as his mentor and commit to improving his character—or whether political ambition will prove too strong. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Socrates Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Alcibiades Release date is 1999-03-01 Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger Original publication data not identified Classical literature Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC Virtue -- Early works to 1800 Alcibiades PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1676 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1676 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133048.0 1676