A Companion to Socrates

Table of Contents Notes on Contributors Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Socrates in Antiquity: Section I: Biography and Sources: 1. The Trial and Death of Socrates: Debra Nails (Michigan State University). 2. Socrates and Euripides: Christian Wildberg (Princeton University). 3. Socrates Among the Sophists: Paul Woodruff (University of Texas). 4. Socrates the Freethinker: Richard Janko (University of Michigan). 5. How does Socrates´ Divine Sign Communicate with Him?: A. A. Long (University of California). 6. Socrates, Antisthenes, and the Cynics: Susan Prince (University of Colorado). 7. Xenophon´s Socrates: Louis-André Dorion (Université de Montréal). 8. Picturing Socrates: Ken Lapatin (J. Paul Getty Museum). Section II: Plato: 9. Socrates in Plato´s Dialogues: Christopher Rowe (University of Durham, UK). 10. No One Errs Willingly: The Meaning of Socratic Intellectualism: Heda Segvic (formerley of University of Pittsburgh). 11. Socratic Love: George Rudebusch (Northern Arizona University). 12. Socrates and Religious Experience: John Bussanich (University of New Mexico). 13. The Politics of Plato´s Socrates: Rachana Kamtekar (University of Arizona). 14. The Examined Life: Richard Kraut (Northwestern University). 15. Socrates: Preacher or Seeker?: Rosalyn Weiss (Lehigh University). 16. Socratic Method and Socratic Truth: Harold Tarrant (University of Newcastle, Australia). Section III: Hellenistic Philosophy: 17. Socrates in the Stoa: Eric Brown (Washington University in St. Louis). 18. Socrates and Epictetus: Tad Brennan (Northwestern University). 19. Socrates and Skepticism: Richard Bett (Johns Hopkins University). Part II: Socrates After Antiquity: Section IV: From the Medieval Period to Modernity: 20. Socrates in Arabic Philosophy: Ilai Alon (Tel Aviv University). 21. Socrates in the Italian Renaissance. James Hankins (Harvard University). 22. The Private Life of Socrates in Early Modern France: Daniel R. McLean (University of California, Los Angeles). 23. Socrates in Hegel and Others: Nicholas White (California at Irvine). Section V: The Modern Period: 25. Kierkegaard´s Socratic Point of View: Paul Meunch (University of Montana). 26. Nietzsche and "The Problem of Socrates": James I. Porter (University of Michigan). 27. The Socratic Hermeneutics of Heidegger and Gadamer: Francisco J. Gonzalez (Skidmore College). 28. The Socratic Method and Psychoanalysis: Jonathan Lear (University of Chicago). 29. Lacan and Socrates: Mark Buchan (Princeton University). 30. From Grade School to Law School: Socrates´ Legacy in Education: Avi Mintz (Columbia University). 31. Socrates´ Definitional Inquiries and the History of Philosophy: Hayden W. Ausland (University of Montana). Index