This book, which honours the career of a distinguished scholar, contains essays dealing with important problems in Plato, the Platonic tradition, and the texts

Was Plato a Platonist? While ancient disciples of Plato would have answered this question in the affirmative, modern scholars have generally denied that Plato�

In this unique and important book, William Altman shines a light on the pedagogical technique of the playful Plato, especially his ability to create living disc