Introduction Peter D. Larsen and Vasilis Politis
Part 1: Reading Plato’s Dialogues
1. Self-Knowledge in Plato’s Charmides Raphael Woolf
2. Plato’s Protagoras, Virtue, and Happiness Iakovos Vasiliou
3. The Meno David Ebrey
4. The Gorgias F.C.C Sheffield
5. The Hippias Major David C. Lee
6. Is the Just Man a Bad Man? Hippias Minor and Republic I 331d–334b Roslyn Weiss
7. The Phaedo: Structure and Meaning Lloyd P. Gerson
8. The Cratylus David Meißner
9. Reading Plato’s Republic: Defending Justice Jyl Gentzler
10. The Phaedrus S. Glenn
11. The Euthydemus Benoît Castelnérac
12. Dialectic and the Discrimination of Kinds in the Sophist Fiona Leigh
13. The Parmenides Samuel C. Rickless
14. The Timaeus Luca Pitteloud
15. Plato’s Seventh Letter Vasilis Politis
Part 2: Themes From Plato
16. The Platonic Socrates Terence Irwin
17. Plato’s Questions and the Art of Questioning Angela Longo
18. Plato on Essences and Forms Vasilis Politis
19. Sense Perception and Its Content Peter D. Larsen
20. Plato on Language and Thought Deborah K. W. Modrak
21. Truth, Music, and the “Measured” Mind Jan Szaif
22. Plato on Pleasure and Pain Clerk Shaw
23. Episteme Joseph Bjelde
24. Plato on Friendship and Love Vasilis Politis
25. The Benefits of Inquiring Jointly Toomas Lott and Pauliina Remes
26. Law and Its Functions Antony Hatzistavrou
27. Humor, Comedy, and Irony in Plato Franco V. Trivigno
Part 3: Plato’s Influences and Significance
28. Plato’s Use of His Predecessors Nicolò Benzi
29. Plato and Aristotle on the Nature of Reality Christopher Buckels
30. The Development and Insights of Jewish Platonism Kenneth Seeskin
31. Plato in the Renaissance Leo Catana
32. Why Plato? A Defense of Platonism Against the Deflationary Metaphysics of Naturalism Philip Browne.
Index
Biography
Peter D. Larsen is Lecturer in the School of Philosophy, University College Dublin, and in the School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music, Dublin City University, Ireland.
Vasilis Politis is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
