Collected extent · 6 works
Plato
6 works measured — 592,728 words in total, roughly 39h 31m of reading at an average pace.
Works measured6public domain
Total words592,728combined
Reading time40hall works
Average grade11.8Flesch–Kincaid
SOURCE·Project Gutenberg full texts·6 editions counted, one rule·REVIEWED JUL 2026
The works, longest first
| Work | Words | Reading time | Grade | Unique words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Republic of Plato | 246,101 | 16h 24m | 8.8 | 12,128 |
| The Republic | 216,788 | 14h 27m | 11 | 10,436 |
| Phaedo | 42,832 | 2h 51m | 11.4 | 4,196 |
| Phaedrus | 38,189 | 2h 33m | 13 | 4,692 |
| Symposium | 32,625 | 2h 11m | 14.2 | 3,989 |
| Apology | 16,193 | 1h 05m | 12.3 | 2,248 |
Only works with a Project Gutenberg plain-text edition appear here, so a bibliography will be longer than this table. What is counted, and what is struck first.
