Gerald A. Press is professor of philosophy at Hunter College, City University of New York, and the editor of Plato's Dialogues: New Studies and Interpretations (Rowman & Littlefield, 1993).

Among recent collections of essays on Plato this volume stands out for overall excellence, and for the impressive range of arguments it contains. This book does not assume specialized knowledge and is essential reading for anyone interested in ancient philosophy or literary crtiticism.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Theory and HistoryChapter 3 Mouthpiece SchmouthpieceChapter 4 The Logic of Attributing Characters' Views to PlatoChapter 5 Socrates and the Character of Platonic DialogueChapter 6 The Philosopher Conducting DialecticChapter 7 Where Plato Speaks: Reflections on an Ancient DebatexPart 8 Research on Specific DialoguesChapter 9 Cowardice, Moral Philosophy in and Saying What You ThinkChapter 10 Why Doesn't Plato Speak?Chapter 11 Not Doctrine but 'Placing in Question': The Thrasymachus ( as a Placing-In-Question"Rep.I) as anErotesis of CommercializationChapter 12 Letting Plato Speak for Himself: Character and Method in the RepublicChapter 13 Eros as Messenger in Diotima's TeachingChapter 14 The Eleatic Stranger: His Master's Voice?Chapter 15 Who Speaks for Whom in the Timaeus-Critias?Part 16 Criticisms and AlternativesChapter 17 Plato AbsconditusChapter 18 Who Speaks for Plato? Everyone!Chapter 19 Interpreting the Platonic Dialogues: What Can One Say?

Gerald A. Press is professor of philosophy at Hunter College, City University of New York, and the editor of Plato's Dialogues: New Studies and Interpretations (Rowman & Littlefield, 1993).

Among recent collections of essays on Plato this volume stands out for overall excellence, and for the impressive range of arguments it contains. This book does not assume specialized knowledge and is essential reading for anyone interested in ancient philosophy or literary crtiticism.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Theory and HistoryChapter 3 Mouthpiece SchmouthpieceChapter 4 The Logic of Attributing Characters' Views to PlatoChapter 5 Socrates and the Character of Platonic DialogueChapter 6 The Philosopher Conducting DialecticChapter 7 Where Plato Speaks: Reflections on an Ancient DebatexPart 8 Research on Specific DialoguesChapter 9 Cowardice, Moral Philosophy in and Saying What You ThinkChapter 10 Why Doesn't Plato Speak?Chapter 11 Not Doctrine but 'Placing in Question': The Thrasymachus ( as a Placing-In-Question"Rep.I) as anErotesis of CommercializationChapter 12 Letting Plato Speak for Himself: Character and Method in the RepublicChapter 13 Eros as Messenger in Diotima's TeachingChapter 14 The Eleatic Stranger: His Master's Voice?Chapter 15 Who Speaks for Whom in the Timaeus-Critias?Part 16 Criticisms and AlternativesChapter 17 Plato AbsconditusChapter 18 Who Speaks for Plato? Everyone!Chapter 19 Interpreting the Platonic Dialogues: What Can One Say?

Gerald A. Press is professor of philosophy at Hunter College, City University of New York, and the editor of Plato's Dialogues: New Studies and Interpretations (Rowman & Littlefield, 1993).

Among recent collections of essays on Plato this volume stands out for overall excellence, and for the impressive range of arguments it contains. This book does not assume specialized knowledge and is essential reading for anyone interested in ancient philosophy or literary crtiticism.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Theory and HistoryChapter 3 Mouthpiece SchmouthpieceChapter 4 The Logic of Attributing Characters' Views to PlatoChapter 5 Socrates and the Character of Platonic DialogueChapter 6 The Philosopher Conducting DialecticChapter 7 Where Plato Speaks: Reflections on an Ancient DebatexPart 8 Research on Specific DialoguesChapter 9 Cowardice, Moral Philosophy in and Saying What You ThinkChapter 10 Why Doesn't Plato Speak?Chapter 11 Not Doctrine but 'Placing in Question': The Thrasymachus ( as a Placing-In-Question"Rep.I) as anErotesis of CommercializationChapter 12 Letting Plato Speak for Himself: Character and Method in the RepublicChapter 13 Eros as Messenger in Diotima's TeachingChapter 14 The Eleatic Stranger: His Master's Voice?Chapter 15 Who Speaks for Whom in the Timaeus-Critias?Part 16 Criticisms and AlternativesChapter 17 Plato AbsconditusChapter 18 Who Speaks for Plato? Everyone!Chapter 19 Interpreting the Platonic Dialogues: What Can One Say?