A Companion to Plato

Notes on Contributors Preface Abbreviations 1. The Life of Plato of Athens: Debra Nails (Michigan State University) 2. Interpreting Plato: Christopher Rowe (University of Durham) 3. The Socratic Problem: William J. Prior (Santa Clara University) Part I: Platonic Method and the Dialogue Form: 4. Form and the Platonic Dialogues: Mary Margaret McCabe (King´s College London) 5. The Socratic Elenchus: Charles M. Young (Claremont Graduate University) 6. Platonic Definitions and Forms: R. M. Dancy (Florida State University) 7. Plato´s Method of Dialectic: Hugh H. Benson (University of Oklahoma) Part II: Platonic Epistemology: 8. Socratic Ignorance: Gareth B. Matthews (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) 9. Plato on Recollection: Charles Kahn (University of Pennsylvania) 10. Plato: A Theory of Perception or a Nod to Sensation?: Deborah K. W. Modrak (University of Rochester) 11. Knowledge and the Forms in Plato: Michael Ferejohn (Duke University) Part III: Platonic Metaphysics: 12. The Forms and the Sciences in Socrates and Plato: Terry Penner (Professor Emeritus) 13. Problems for Forms: Mary Louise Gill (Brown University) 14. The Role of Cosmology in Plato´s Philosophy: Cynthia Freeland (University of Houston) 15. Plato on Language: David Sedley (University of Cambridge) 16. Plato and Mathematics: Michael J. White (Arizona State University) 17. Platonic Religion: Mark L. McPherran (University of Maine at Farmington) Part IV: Platonic Psychology: 18. The Socratic Paradoxes: Thomas C. Brickhouse (Lynchburg College) and Nicholas D. Smith (Lewis and Clark College, Portland) 19. The Platonic Soul: Fred D. Miller, Jr. (Bowling Green State University) 20. Plato on Eros and Friendship: C. D. C. Reeve (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) 21. Plato on Pleasure as the Human Good: Gerasimos Santas (University of California, Irvine) Part V: Platonic Ethics, Politics, And Aesthetics: 22. The Unity of the Virtues: Daniel Devereux (University of Virginia) 23. Plato on Justice: David Keyt (University of Washington, Seattle) 24. Plato´s Concept of Goodness: Nicholas White (University of California at Irvine) 25. Plato on the Law: Susan Sauvé Meyer (University of Pennsylvania) 26. Plato and the Arts: Christopher Janaway (University of Southampton) Part VI: Platonic Legacy: 27. Learning about Plato from Aristotle: Christopher Shields (University of Oxford) 28. Plato and Hellenistic Philosophy: A. A. Long (University of California, Berkeley) 29. Plato´s Influence on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Philosophy: Sara Ahbel-Rappe (University of Michigan) Index