Bruno Centrone taught ancient philosophy at the University of Pisa and at the Scuola Normale before retiring in 2025. He has translated and commented on numerous Platonic dialogues, including Euthyphro, Sophist, and Republic. Among his recent publications are La seconda polis. Introduzione alle Leggi (Rome, 2021) and Vita in comune. Il Pitagorismo nel mondo antico (Rome, 2024).

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• Introduction: from Plato to post-Hellenistic Pythagoreanizing texts, and back to Plato: the narrative and impact of ten papers by Bruno Centrone; 1. Logical Alētheia, ontological Alētheia in Plato; 2. Pathos and Ousia in Plato's early dialogues; 3. The Eidos as Holon in Plato and its reflections in Aristotle; 4. Platonic virtue as a Holon: from the laws to the Protagoras; 5. Phaedrus 261e6–262c3 and the deception of good rhetoric; 6. Personal immortality in Plato: another noble lie?; 7. The anterastai and Plato's erotic dialogues; 8. Aristotle's testimony on Pythagorean principles in Metaphysics Alpha: a distorted account?; 9. Pseudo-Pythagorica Ethica: an introduction; 10. Being Pythagorean in the imperial age: reassessing the historiographical category of neo-Pythagoreanism.

Bruno Centrone taught ancient philosophy at the University of Pisa and at the Scuola Normale before retiring in 2025. He has translated and commented on numerous Platonic dialogues, including Euthyphro, Sophist, and Republic. Among his recent publications are La seconda polis. Introduzione alle Leggi (Rome, 2021) and Vita in comune. Il Pitagorismo nel mondo antico (Rome, 2024).

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• Introduction: from Plato to post-Hellenistic Pythagoreanizing texts, and back to Plato: the narrative and impact of ten papers by Bruno Centrone; 1. Logical Alētheia, ontological Alētheia in Plato; 2. Pathos and Ousia in Plato's early dialogues; 3. The Eidos as Holon in Plato and its reflections in Aristotle; 4. Platonic virtue as a Holon: from the laws to the Protagoras; 5. Phaedrus 261e6–262c3 and the deception of good rhetoric; 6. Personal immortality in Plato: another noble lie?; 7. The anterastai and Plato's erotic dialogues; 8. Aristotle's testimony on Pythagorean principles in Metaphysics Alpha: a distorted account?; 9. Pseudo-Pythagorica Ethica: an introduction; 10. Being Pythagorean in the imperial age: reassessing the historiographical category of neo-Pythagoreanism.

Bruno Centrone taught ancient philosophy at the University of Pisa and at the Scuola Normale before retiring in 2025. He has translated and commented on numerous Platonic dialogues, including Euthyphro, Sophist, and Republic. Among his recent publications are La seconda polis. Introduzione alle Leggi (Rome, 2021) and Vita in comune. Il Pitagorismo nel mondo antico (Rome, 2024).

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• Introduction: from Plato to post-Hellenistic Pythagoreanizing texts, and back to Plato: the narrative and impact of ten papers by Bruno Centrone; 1. Logical Alētheia, ontological Alētheia in Plato; 2. Pathos and Ousia in Plato's early dialogues; 3. The Eidos as Holon in Plato and its reflections in Aristotle; 4. Platonic virtue as a Holon: from the laws to the Protagoras; 5. Phaedrus 261e6–262c3 and the deception of good rhetoric; 6. Personal immortality in Plato: another noble lie?; 7. The anterastai and Plato's erotic dialogues; 8. Aristotle's testimony on Pythagorean principles in Metaphysics Alpha: a distorted account?; 9. Pseudo-Pythagorica Ethica: an introduction; 10. Being Pythagorean in the imperial age: reassessing the historiographical category of neo-Pythagoreanism.