# Plato's Dialogues by Plato

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Plato's Dialogues by Plato and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Plato's dialogues for their rigour, drama and high intellectual ceiling, and they often end without a clear conclusion.

## Why people recommend it

- Rigour in argument (1 comments): "I love the rigour, drama, and how they don't end with a clear conclusion" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49191648))
- Dramatic, engaging dialogue form (1 comments): "I love the rigour, drama, and how they don't end with a clear conclusion" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49191648))
- High intellectual ceiling (1 comments): "Books have a higher intellectual ceiling than most things" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46478713))
- Well worth reading (1 comments): "I think that Plato's dialogs are well worth reading too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45996578))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Tao Te Ching by Laozi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tao-te-ching-translated.md): 32 recommend
- [Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.md): 24 recommend
- [Meditations by Marcus Aurelius](https://hackerapproved.com/p/meditations.md): 17 recommend
- [I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas Hofstadter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/i-am-a-strange-loop.md): 16 recommend
- [Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simulacra-and-simulation.md): 12 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Plato%27s+dialogues+by+Plato&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Plato's Dialogues by Plato", https://hackerapproved.com/p/plato-s-dialogues/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).