Sophist: 1) criticize the sophists to be pretentious; 2) develop a new theory on being (finished) Philebus: discuss whether intelligence or desire is the highest good in life (half finished) Republic: Plato illustrates his view on an ideal state, base on his theory of soul, which ultimately comes from his metaphysics (just a glance) Timaeus: (remark: origin of Atlantis, besides as an illustration of ideal state, probably as an analog of Persia; myth of Phaeton is also mentioned)(reading)