Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave audiobook runs 5 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Cowley (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jonathan Cowley
Jonathan Cowley narrates 93 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 927 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
257 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave is an audiobook by Plato: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Cowley, released March 31, 2011, on the History & Culture shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Cowley
- Released
- March 31, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9781452671628
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave audiobook?
Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is the Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave?
Symposium, the Apology, and the Allegory of the Cave is narrated by Jonathan Cowley.