Plato's Philosophers: The Coherence of the Dialogues

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Introduction - Platonic Dramatology......Page 10
Part I - The Political and Philosophical Problems......Page 58
One - Using Pre-Socratic Philosophy to Support Political Reform......Page 60
Two - Plato’s Parmenides......Page 156
Three - Becoming Socrates......Page 189
Four - Socrates Interrogates His Contemporaries about the Noble and Good......Page 224
Part II - Two Paradigms of Philosophy......Page 288
Five - Socrates’ Positive Teaching......Page 290
Six - Timaeus-Critias......Page 429
Seven - Socratic Practice......Page 491
Conclusion to Part II - What the Contrast with Timaeus Tells Us about Socrates\n......Page 595
Part III - The Trial and Death of Socrates\n......Page 602
Eight - The Limits of Human Intelligence......Page 604
Nine  - The Eleatic Challenge......Page 689
Ten - The Trial and Death of Socrates......Page 745
Conclusion  - Why Plato Made Socrates His Hero......Page 824
Bibliography......Page 872
Index......Page 890