Abstract
George Grote produced one of the first multi-volume studies of Plato that have since become standard reference works for many students of ancient Greek philosophy. Sokrates inspired many admirers to write dialogues, but Grote considers Plato's to be the best - the richest, most varied and charming, having the greatest philosophical breadth and depth. Grote highlights Plato's Sokratic dialogues, because the Sokrates Grote admires is the man depicted in Plato's Apology. Grote judges what is good and important in Plato's dialogues on the basis of an explicitly modern understanding of philosophy and politics he takes from the two John Stuart Mills and Jeremy Bentham. He valorizes Sokrates' negative, critical cross-examinations of the opinions of his interlocutors, because they represent the first necessary step in a philosophical investigation, according to both Bentham and Mill. Keywords: George Grote; Jeremy Bentham; John Stuart Mill; Plato's dialogues; Sokrates
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