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Philosophy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2014

Extract

The stream of publications on Socrates and his legacy – including, of course, the nature and extent of Plato's ‘Socraticism’ – continues to flow copiously. This review will consider a sample of titles which have appeared in the last four or five years (several of which have also been released in paperback form more recently). They embody a variety of research aims and approaches, and reflect some of the methodological issues involved in the enterprise of Socratic studies.

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References

1 Socrates. By Rudebusch, George. Malden, MA, and Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Pp. xv + 221. Hardback £72.50, ISBN: 978-1-4051-5085-9; paperback £19.99, ISBN: 978-1-4051-5086-6.

2 Socrates. A Guide for the Perplexed. By Ahbel-Rappe, Sara. Guides for the Perplexed. London and New York, Continuum, 2009Google Scholar. Pp. viii + 187. Hardback £55, ISBN: 978-0-8264-6377-7; paperback £13.99, ISBN: 978-0-8264-3325-1.

3 The Cambridge Companion to Socrates. Edited by Morrison, Donald. Cambridge Companions to Philosophy. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2011Google Scholar. Pp. xviii + 413. Hardback £66, ISBN: 978-0-521-83342-4; paperback £20.99, ISBN: 978-0-521-54103-9.

4 Socrates on Friendship and Community. Reflections on Plato's Symposium, Phaedrus and Lysis. By Nichols, Mary P.. Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 2009Google Scholar. Pp. viii + 229. Hardback £55, ISBN: 978-0-521-89973-4; paperback £20.99, ISBN: 978-0-521-14883-2.

5 Socrates' Daimonic Art. Love for Wisdom in Four Platonic Dialogues. By Belfiore, Elizabeth S.. Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 2012CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Pp. xvii + 304. Hardback £62, ISBN: 978-1-107-00758-1.

6 Alcibiades and the Socratic Lover-Educator. Edited by Johnson, Marguerite and Tarrant, Harold. Bristol, Bristol Classical Press, 2012Google Scholar. Pp. x + 254. Hardback £70, ISBN: 978-0-7156-4086-9; paperback £22.99, ISBN: 978-1-4725-0446-3.

7 Socratic Moral Psychology. By Brickhouse, Thomas C. and Smith, Nicholas D.. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Pp. vii + 276. Hardback £58, ISBN: 978-0-521-19843-1; paperback £30.99, ISBN: 978-1-107-40392-5.

8 Devereux, D., ‘Socrates' Kantian Conception of Virtue’, JHPh, 33 (1995), 381408Google Scholar.

9 Plato and the Divided Self. Edited by Barney, Rachel, Brennan, Tad, and Brittain, Charles. Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 2012CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Pp. ix + 396. Hardback £62, ISBN: 978-0-521-89966-6; paperback £25.99, ISBN: 978-1-107-65427-3.

10 Socrates and Philosophy in the Dialogues of Plato. By Peterson, Sandra. Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 2011CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Pp. xvi + 293. Hardback £60, ISBN: 978-0-521-19061-9; paperback £23.99, ISBN: 978-1-107-66799-0.

11 Why Plato Wrote. By Allen, Danielle S.. Malden, MA, and Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010Google Scholar. Pp. xii + 232. Hardback £50, ISBN: 978-1-4443-3448-7; paperback £19.99, ISBN: 978-1-118-45439-8.

12 Conversation and Self-sufficiency in Plato. By Long, Alex G.. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Pp. 184. Hardback £32, ISBN: 978-0-19-969535-5.

13 Plato for Everyone. By Tucker, Aviezer. Amherst, NY, Prometheus Books, 2013Google Scholar. Pp. 256. Paperback £16.99, ISBN: 978-1-61614-654-2.

14 The Circle of Socrates. Readings in the First-generation Socratics. Edited and translated by Boys-Stones, George and Rowe, Christopher. Indianapolis, IN, Hackett, 2013Google Scholar. Pp. 336. Hardback £48, ISBN: 978-1-60384-937-1; paperback £19.95, ISBN: 978-1-60384-936-4.

15 The Cyrenaics. By Zilioli, Ugo. Durham, Acumen, 2012Google Scholar. Pp. xiii + 224. Hardback £40, ISBN: 978-1-84465-290-7; paperback £22.99, ISBN: 978-1-84465-763-6.