Olof Pettersson is associate professor in theoretical philosophy at Uppsala University, Sweden. Recent publications include “The Etymology of Hermes in Plato’s Cratylus” (in Proceedings from the XIth Symposium Platonicum Pragense, Brill), “Herdsmen and Stargazers: The Science of Philosophy in Plato’s Statesman” (in Polis) and “The Science of Philosophy: Discourse and Deception in Plato’s Sophist” (in Epoché). He is also editor and co-editor of several anthologies on ancient Greek philosophy, including Defending a Philosophical Life: Readings of Plato's Apology (Rowan & Littlefield, 2018) and Plato's Protagoras: Essays on the Confrontation of …

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