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14Colloquium 4 Commentary on HylandProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 30 (1): 118-121. 2015.In response to, but in keeping with, Hyland’s attention to specific dramatic features of Platonic dialogues, the commentary explores the issue of temporality in these dialogues and its role in their portrayal of the philosophical life. The explicit discussion and portrayal in these dialogues of diachronic time, in particular, reveals important aspects Socrates’ practice of philosophy.
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154Eros and Philosophical Seduction in Alcibiades IAncient Philosophy 23 (1): 11-30. 2003.This essay interprets Alcibiades I as representing Socrates' philosophical seduction of Alcibiades. Socrates and Alcibiades are both highly erotic characters, and Socrates attempts to provoke and then guide Alcibiades' erotic tendencies in philosophical directions. The erotic relationship between Socrates and Alcibiades, including Socrates' attraction to Alcibiades, is central to understanding the themes, which also appear in the dialogue, of self-knowledge, political ambition, self-care, divine…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
| Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
| Social and Political Philosophy |
| Philosophy of Race |