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1Jorge JE Gracia and Jiyuan Yu, eds., Uses and Abuses of the Classics: Western Interpretations of Greek Philosophy Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 25 (4): 256-259. 2005.
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24Hippias Minor—or—The Art of Cunning: A New Translation of Plato’s Most Controversial DialogueInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 9 (2): 221-224. 2015.
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18Socratic Perplexity and the Nature of Philosophy, and: The Philosophy of Socrates (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 39 (1): 137-139. 2001.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Journal of the History of Philosophy 39.1 (2001) 137-139 [Access article in PDF] Gareth B. Matthews. Socratic Perplexity and the Nature of Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. 137. Cloth, $29.95 Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith. The Philosophy of Socrates. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000. Pp. x + 290. Paper $22.00. Matthews' little book tracks the course of Socrates' perplexity, which, Matthews contend…Read more
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39Virtue in the Cave: Moral Inquiry in Plato's MenoLexington Books. 2001.One of very few monographs devoted to Plato's Meno, this study emphasizes the interplay between its protagonists, Socrates and Meno. It interprets the Meno as Socrates' attempt to persuade his interlocutor, by every device at his disposal, of the value of moral inquiry—even though it fails to yield full-blown knowledge—and to encourage him to engage in such inquiry, insofar as it alone makes human life worth living.
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13The Moral and Social Dimensions of GratitudeSouthern Journal of Philosophy 23 (4): 491-501. 2010.
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52Killing, Confiscating, and Banishing at Gorgias 466-468Ancient Philosophy 12 (2): 299-315. 1992.
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7Ο 'Αγαθός As ΌΔυνατός in the Hippias MinorClassical Quarterly 31 (2): 287-304. 1981.This paper is an attempt so to construe the arguments of the Hippias Minor as to remove the justification for regarding it as unworthy of Plato either because of its alleged fallaciousness and Sophistic mode of argument or because of its alleged immorality. It focuses, therefore, only on the arguments and their conclusions, steering clear of the dialogue's dramatic and literary aspects. Whereas I do not wish to deny the importance of these aspects to a proper understanding of the dialogue – on t…Read more
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15Saadiah on Divine Grace and Human SufferingJournal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 9 (2): 155-171. 2000.
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5Oh, Brother!: The Fraternity of Rhetoric and Philosophy in Plato's GorgiasInterpretation 30 (2): 195-206. 2003.
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64The moral and social dimensions of gratitudeSouthern Journal of Philosophy 23 (4): 491-501. 1985.
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12Philosophers in the Republic: Plato's two paradigmsCornell University Press. 2012.Roslyn Weiss offers a new interpretation of Platonic moral philosophy based on an unconventional reading of the Republic. Her basic argument begins with the point that Plato means for us to react badly to the philosopher-rulers of Book 7. She then makes the case that there are two distinct kinds of philosopher in the Republic--one that is ideal and one that is farcical--and that each represents a separate type of justice. Finally, she argues that Plato recognizes this dualism and points the way …Read more
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