Apology / Plato

Title: Apology (The Death of Socrates) 

Author: Plato 

Translator: Benjamin Jowett

Subjects: Classic; Philosophy

Apology of Socrates is the dialogue that depicts the trial, and is one of four Socratic dialogues, along with Euthyphro, Phaedo, and Crito, through which Plato details the final days of the philosopher Socrates. Socrates defence against the charges of "corrupting the youth" and "not believing in the gods in whom the city believes.

The Republic / Plato

Title: The Republic 

Author: Plato 

Translator: B. Jowett

Subjects: Classic; Political; Utopian 

The Republic has been the most important, famous and widely read dialogue and work of political writing. It contains Socratic dialogue about the meaning of justice and whether the just man is happier than the unjust man. Must read political work of all time.