People in the ancient world thought of vision as both an ethical tool and a tactile sense, akin
to touch. Gazing upon someone—or oneself—was treated as a path to philosophical self …

Plato's entire fictive world is permeated with philosophical concern for Eros, well beyond the
so-called erotic dialogues. Several metaphysical, epistemological and cosmological …

Page 1 SOCRATES' DISCURSIVE DEMOCRACY SS Logos and Ergon in Platonic Political
Philosophy Gerald M. Mara Page 2 Page 3 Socrates' Discursive Democracy This One 6RT4-DQQ-EZ5E …

The great Hellenist Paul Friedl nder called the Alcibiades I'the strangest case in the Platonic
corpus/1 The dialogue has indeed been a puzzle to scholars since antiquity. It is listed …

Explores Shakespeare's representation of the failure of democracy in ancient Rome This
book introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as …

Intended for use in courses on political philosophy or the history of political philosophy, On
the History of Political Philosophy provides a critical account of Western political philosophy …

Is statecraft soulcraft? Should we look to our souls and selves in assessing the quality of our
politics? Is it the business of politics to cultivate, shape, or structure our internal lives …

The Alcibiades I concludes with an arresting image of an eye that sees itself by looking into
another eye. Using the dialogue as a whole, I offer a detailed interpretation of this image and …

In the Alcibiades I, Socrates argues for the importance of self-knowledge. Recent
interpreters contend that the self-knowledge at issue here is knowledge of an impersonal …

1. Felicità privata e servizio politico, 107; 2. La priorità dell'intero sulle parti e lo spettro del
totalitarismo, 111; 3. Come rieducare la classe dirigente: la kalokagathia secondo Platone …