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7Protagoras (edited book)Oxford University Press. 1976.In this dialogue Plato shows the pretensions of the leading sophist, Protagoras, challenged by the critical arguments of Socrates. The dialogue broadens out to consider the nature of the good life and the role of intellect and pleasure.
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13Greek PhilosophersOxford University Press USA. 1999.Almost uniquely for someone whose thought has been so influential, Socrates wrote nothing himself, and our knowledge of his philosophical opinions and method is derived mainly from the engaging and infuriating figure who appears in Plato's dialogues. The philosophy of Socrates and Plato is therefore closely interconnected, and the most powerful elements of Plato's mature thought form the basis of an interpretation of knowledge, reality, and morality which is still held and debated by philosopher…Read more
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10Human agency: language, duty, and value: philosophical essays in honor of J.O. Urmson (edited book, review)Stanford University Press. 1988.The essays in this volume explore current work in central areas of philosophy, work unified by attention to salient questions of human action and human agency. They ask what it is for humans to act knowledgeably, to use language, to be friends, to act heroically, to be mortally fortunate, and to produce as well as to appreciate art. The volume is dedicated to J. O. Urmson, in recognition of his inspirational contributions to these areas. All the essays but one have been specially written for thi…Read more
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5Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 43 (2): 248-250. 2003.
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SocratesIn Ted Honderich (ed.), The philosophers: introducing great western thinkers, Oxford University Press. 1995.
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24Political Authority and Obligation in AristotleInternational Philosophical Quarterly 46 (2): 236-238. 2006.
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15The Tragedy of Reason: Toward a Platonic Conception of Logos (review)The Classical Review 42 (1): 205-206. 1992.
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24The Sophists and Legal Philosophy S. Kirste, K. Waechter, M. Walther (edd.): Die Sophistik. Entstehung, Gestalt und Folgeprobleme des Gegensatzes von Naturrecht und positivem Recht . Pp. 175. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2002. Paper, €36. ISBN: 3-515-08194- (review)The Classical Review 55 (01): 47-. 2005.
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23Review of David L. Perry, The Concept of Pleasure (review)Philosophical Books 9 (1): 19-21. 1968.
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32The Charmides - Berndt Witte: Die Wissenschaft vom Guten und Bösen: Interpretationen zu Platons ‘Charmides’. (Unters. z. Ant. Lit. u. Gesch., 5.) Pp. vii+166. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1970. Cloth, DM. 48 (review)The Classical Review 22 (02): 196-198. 1972.
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31The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to FoucaultPhilosophical Review 109 (3): 423. 2000.From his own day to the present Socrates has presented a challenge to philosophers and commentators, a challenge at once of a puzzle to be solved and of an ideal to be continually reshaped in response to the demands of shifting historical perspectives. Alexander Nehamas’s intriguing book combines discussion of this ongoing process, specifically of responses to Socrates by Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault, with exemplification of it via his own response to Socrates. The focus of these responses…Read more
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12Socratic Perplexity and the nature of philosophy (review)Ancient Philosophy 20 (2): 451-454. 2000.