Socrates, as he is portrayed in Plato's early dialogues, remains one of the most controversial
figures in the history of philosophy. This book concerns six of the most vexing and often …

Beginning amidst the tombs of the'dead'God, and the crematoria at Auschwitz, this book
confronts Nietzsche's legacy through the lens of Plato. The key question is how authors can …

Menexenus is one of the least studied among Plato's works, mostly because of the puzzling
nature of the text, which has led many scholars either to reject the dialogue as spurious or to …

This book takes a new approach to the question," Is the philosopher to be seen as universal
human being or as eccentric?". Through a reading of the Theaetetus, Pappas first considers …

In the Protagoras, Plato presents us with a puzzle about interpretation. Socrates claims to
find several familiar Socratic theses about morality in his interpretation of a poem by …

Die Studie bezieht das gleichermaßen für die allgemeine Hermeneutik und die
Sprachphilosophie zentrale Interpretationsprinzip der hermeneutischen Billigkeit auf den …

This collective volume provides a fresh perspective on Homeric reception through a
methodologically focused, interdisciplinary investigation of the transformations of Homeric …

The article argues that in the Symposium, but also the Phaedrus and the Protagoras, Plato
instructs us on the correct way of engaging in discourse by adducing examples from the …

At Protagoras 329a3-4 Socrates makes a rather disparaging remark about books. It is
italicized in the following passage: If one were to meet with any of the politicians concerning …

After a review of some general issues surrounding the interpretation of Plato's dialogues, I
consider in detail the reception of Plato's Protagoras in English scholarship since 1956, that …