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17Socrates on the Parts of VirtueCanadian Journal of Philosophy, Supplementary Volume 2 (n/a): 101-116. 1976.Plato represents Socrates as believing in the unity of the virtues, quarreling with those who, like Protagoras or Meno, wish to treat the virtues as distinct objects of inquiry. On the other hand, there is good reason to deny that Plato's Socrates believed in the numerical identity of the virtues. What Socrates did believe, I shall argue, is that the various virtues are one in essence. I shall show what this means and how it clears up prima facie inconsistencies among Plato's early dialogues.If …Read more
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3Socrates and the IrrationalIn Nicholas D. Smith & Paul Woodruff (eds.), Reason and religion in Socratic philosophy, Oxford University Press. pp. 130--50. 2000.
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6R. E. Allen, "Socrates and Legal Obligation" (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 21 (1): 93. 1983.
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2Plato on MimesisIn Michael Kelly (ed.), Encyclopedia of aesthetics, Oxford University Press. pp. 521--23. 1998.
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38Didymus on protagoras and the protagoreansJournal of the History of Philosophy 23 (4): 483-497. 1985.
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4Colloquium 4Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 10 (1): 115-145. 1994.
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48Reason and religion in Socratic philosophy (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2000.This volume brings together mostly previously unpublished studies by prominent historians, classicists, and philosophers on the roles and effects of religion in Socratic philosophy and on the trial of Socrates. Among the contributors are Thomas C. Brickhouse, Asli Gocer, Richard Kraut, Mark L. McPherran, Robert C. T. Parker, C. D. C. Reeve, Nicholas D. Smith, Gregory Vlastos, Stephen A. White, and Paul B. Woodruff.
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28The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and PhilosophyPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 50 (1): 205-210. 1989.
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15The Ethics of Giving: Philosophers' Perspectives on Philanthropy (edited book)Oup Usa. 2018.In giving to charity, should we strive to do the greatest good or promote a lesser good? This is a unique collection of new papers on philanthropy from a range of philosophical perspectives, including intuitionism, virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, utilitarianism, theories of justice, and ideals of personal integrity.
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66Wrong Turns in the EuthyphroApeiron 52 (2): 117-136. 2019.Journal Name: Apeiron Issue: Ahead of print
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36Two Comic Dialogues: Ion and Hippias MajorHackett Publishing Company. 1983.Together these two dialogues contain Plato’s most important work on poetry and beauty.
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19The Necessity of Theater: The Art of Watching and Being WatchedJournal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 67 (3): 349-351. 2009.
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43Sharing Emotions Through Theater: The Greek WayPhilosophy East and West 66 (1): 146-151. 2016.Presentations of tragic theater in ancient Greece both represent and elicit the sharing of emotions. The theory behind this is cognitive: In order to share the emotions of another, you must understand the situation of the other. In keeping with the theory, tragic texts emphasize the importance of understanding.Ancient Greek poets did not conceive that one person could respond emotionally to another without understanding the situation of the other, ideally through having lived through a similar s…Read more
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70What is the Question in the Hippias Major?Philosophical Inquiry 39 (3-4): 73-79. 2015.The joy he took in Plato’s early dialogues was contagious. Gregory Vlastos introduced me to philosophy when I was nineteen and his example inspired me to continue on the road to scholarship. He loved Socrates and was fascinated by this controversial dialogue, the Hippias Major, which became the subject of my fi rst book. For Vlastos, Plato’s Socrates was a fi gure of almost biblical importance, an example of a life well lived in search of wisdom. Although he was an accomplished academic, Vlastos…Read more
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Two Studies in Socratic Dialectic: The "Euthyphro" and the "Hippias Major."Dissertation, Princeton University. 1973.