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    Socratic Love
    In Sara Ahbel‐Rappe & Rachana Kamtekar (eds.), A Companion to Socrates, Blackwell. 2005.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Socrates' Explicit Doctrine of Love Socrates' Implicit Conclusion about Love The Main Objections to the Socratic Account Conclusion.
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    Luck
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: The Divine Sign Conversion to Wisdom Unremarkable Premise Further Reading.
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    Pleasure
    In Georgios Anagnostopoulos (ed.), A Companion to Aristotle, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Should We Look for a Unified Theory of Pleasure? The Phenomenon of Sensate Pleasure and the Restoration Theory How Aristotle Refutes the Restoration Theory Two Objections to Aristotle's Refutation Actualizing Potentials and Acts of Power Levels of Completeness of Act Reply to First Objection: False Pleasure Reply to Second Objection Unforced Acts of Power Are Complete Human Acts Beauty in Act Impeded and Unimpeded Complete Human Acts Counterfei…Read more
  •  6
    Love
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Scandal Explicit Doctrine Implicit Conclusion Objections Destiny Further Reading.
  •  4
    Bravery Again
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Advising Parents Perseverance Wisdom Interpretive Puzzle Further Reading.
  •  3
    Puzzling Pedagogy
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: From Lowest to Middle Level False‐Lead Pedagogy Meno's Slave The Laches The Euthyphro Interpretive Skepticism Further Reading.
  •  4
    Bravery
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Teaching Excellence Socrates' Subtle Argument Protagoras Replies Protagoras's Ignorance Socrates is Extraordinary Further Reading.
  •  3
    Knowledge Rules
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Odysseus's Iron Soul Socrates' Wild Claim The Treasure Parable How Socrates Teaches the World The Incommensurable Objection Socrates Restates the Absurdity Augustine's Tormented Decision The Brute‐Desire Objection Further Reading.
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    Puzzling Notoriety
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Stages of Life When Socrates Became Notorious Why Socrates Became Notorious Why Chaerephon Went to the Oracle When Chaerephon Went to the Oracle Conclusion Further Reading.
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    Mission from God
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Life Defense Strategy Saving Word Changed Lives Further Reading.
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    Last Words
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Swan Song Hemlock Ultimate Disease Conclusion Further Reading.
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    Freedom
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Subordinated Actions Dramatic Images Nietzsche's Objection Timeless Life Further Reading.
  •  2
    Benevolence
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: The Excellence of Exploiting Others The Ruler‐as‐Ruler Argument An Objection The Rulers‐in‐Our‐Cities Argument Further Reading.
  •  4
    Desire
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Bad Desire Ignorant Desire Knowledgeable Desire Further Reading.
  •  4
    World Religion
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Five Socratic Themes Fairy Tale and Poem Further Reading.
  •  6
    Happiness
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: The Righteous Are Wise and Good The Righteous Are Happy Further Reading.
  •  5
    Reverence
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Five Relations Service to the Gods Jesus' Answer Euthyphro's Failure Socrates' Answer Further Reading.
  • Index of Passages Cited
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
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    Epilogue: Socrates or Plato?
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), Socrates, Wiley‐blackwell. 2009.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Homer The Subjectivity Objection Socrates Further Reading.
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    Philosophizing with Plato and Aristotle
    Independently published. 2023.
    This book teaches why and how to philosophize in the manner of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. It offers philosophy to readers as one of the great devotions of life, wonderful for the ideals it sets in the sky and the security it gives. It helps readers uncover their deepest beliefs about life and reality.
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    Genos and Eidos in Plato
    Ancient Philosophy 43 (1): 35-50. 2023.
    English translates ‘genos’ as kind and ‘eidos’ as form, which differ in meaning as much as ‘herd’ and ‘brand’ do. But there are hard passages where ‘genos’ and ‘eidos’ have appeared to be synonyms, usually given the new meaning class. We show that, although ‘genos’ and ‘eidos’ are never synonyms and continue to mean kind and form, the word ‘eidos’ can be used figuratively, as a metonym, for a genos.
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    Les trois vies philosophiques de Socrate
    Philosophie Antique 20 49-74. 2020.
    Selon la description de Platon, Socrate est devenu célèbre après avoir « changé de direction et examiné les paroles du dieu », c’est-à-dire après avoir mis à l’épreuve l’oracle selon lequel il n’existe aucun homme plus sage que lui. Une telle description soulève plus d’une question. En effet, quelle direction Socrate avait-il adoptée avant de tester l’oracle de Delphes? Qu’avait-il donc fait pour inciter Chéréphon à s’enquérir auprès de l’oracle s’il existait un homme plus sage que lui? Sans auc…Read more
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    At Philebus 23c4-26d10 Socrates makes a division into three kinds: Unbounded (apeiron), Bound (peras), and Mix (meikton). I review problems for the main interpretations of Unbounded and Mix and review kinds of scales defined in abstract measurement theory. Then I take 23c4-26d10 speech by speech, interpreting the Unbounded as a kind containing partial scales, Bound as the kind containing the relations and quantities needed to turn partial scales into appropriate ratio scales, and Mix as the kind…Read more
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    Socrates
    The Philosophers' Magazine 92 79-84. 2021.
    Socrates argued that the unexamined life is not worth living. What this means is we are so ignorant that we are guilty of criminal negligence how to lead our lives, unless we do our due diligence by philosophising.
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    Plato’s Philebus
    Ancient Philosophy 40 (2): 495-511. 2020.
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    Argument Analysis of Plato’s Laches
    with Christopher M. Turner
    Archelogos. 2014.
    Argument analysis of Plato's Laches.
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    This book is an anthology with the following themes. Non-European Tradition: Bussanich interprets main themes of Hindu ethics, including its roots in ritual sacrifice, its relationship to religious duty, society, individual human well-being, and psychic liberation. To best assess the truth of Hindu ethics, he argues for dialogue with premodern Western thought. Pfister takes up the question of human nature as a case study in Chinese ethics. Is our nature inherently good (as Mengzi argued) or ba…Read more
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    Plato's Philebus: Greek Text with Basic Grammar
    with Hayden Niehus and Brianna Zgurich
    Kindle Direct Publishing. 2020.
    This commentary makes Plato’s Philebus accessible to second-year Greek readers and for scholars who read Greek only infrequently. We aim to help readers who wish to study the text more closely than translations permit. We hope readers new to Plato will be at ease with him by the time they complete the dialogue, but each page is self-contained: readers interested in only one passage need not worry that they have missed earlier remarks. Each page of the commentary contains about eight numbered lin…Read more
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    Review of Platon: Werke, Ubersetzung und Kommentar, vol. 4: Lysis, by Michael Bordt (review)
    Ancient Philosophy 22 (1): 177-180. 2002.
    Praising much, I criticize this commentary on Plato's Lysis on three points: I. The book's dismissal of Socratic intellectualism. II. The book's finding of a Socratic doctrine of symmetrical friendship between good people. III. The book's reading of the final aporia.