Paul J. Diduch is an Instructor in the Herbst Program of Humanities for Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. He has published articles and reviews on Plato and Thucydides and is currently working on Socrates’ critique of pre-Socratic science and the problems of virtue and knowledge in Plato’s thought. Michael P. Harding is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Montgomery College, USA. He earned his doctorate from the Institute of Philosophic Studies at the University of Dallas, USA.

• 1. Editors' Introduction.- 2. The Strange Conversation of Plato’s Minos.- 3. Platonic Beginnings.- 4. A Look at Socrates’ Motives in the Laches.- 5. Socrates’ Self-Knowledge.- 6. Socrates’ Exhortation to Follow the Logos.- 7. Philosophy, Eros, and the Socratic Turn.- 8. Free to Care: Socrates’ Political Engagement.- 10. Socrates: Sisyphean or Overflowing?.- 11. Socrates’ Motives and Human Wisdom in Plato’s Theages.- 12. Plato’s Euthyphro on Divine and Human Wisdom.- 13. On the Question of Socratic Benevolence.- 14. Philanthropy in the Action of the Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito.- 15. Philosophic Care in the Life of Plato’s Socrates.- 16. Plato’s Sons and the Library of Magnesia.

Paul J. Diduch is an Instructor in the Herbst Program of Humanities for Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. He has published articles and reviews on Plato and Thucydides and is currently working on Socrates’ critique of pre-Socratic science and the problems of virtue and knowledge in Plato’s thought. Michael P. Harding is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Montgomery College, USA. He earned his doctorate from the Institute of Philosophic Studies at the University of Dallas, USA.

• 1. Editors' Introduction.- 2. The Strange Conversation of Plato’s Minos.- 3. Platonic Beginnings.- 4. A Look at Socrates’ Motives in the Laches.- 5. Socrates’ Self-Knowledge.- 6. Socrates’ Exhortation to Follow the Logos.- 7. Philosophy, Eros, and the Socratic Turn.- 8. Free to Care: Socrates’ Political Engagement.- 10. Socrates: Sisyphean or Overflowing?.- 11. Socrates’ Motives and Human Wisdom in Plato’s Theages.- 12. Plato’s Euthyphro on Divine and Human Wisdom.- 13. On the Question of Socratic Benevolence.- 14. Philanthropy in the Action of the Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito.- 15. Philosophic Care in the Life of Plato’s Socrates.- 16. Plato’s Sons and the Library of Magnesia.

Paul J. Diduch is an Instructor in the Herbst Program of Humanities for Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. He has published articles and reviews on Plato and Thucydides and is currently working on Socrates’ critique of pre-Socratic science and the problems of virtue and knowledge in Plato’s thought. Michael P. Harding is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Montgomery College, USA. He earned his doctorate from the Institute of Philosophic Studies at the University of Dallas, USA.

• 1. Editors' Introduction.- 2. The Strange Conversation of Plato’s Minos.- 3. Platonic Beginnings.- 4. A Look at Socrates’ Motives in the Laches.- 5. Socrates’ Self-Knowledge.- 6. Socrates’ Exhortation to Follow the Logos.- 7. Philosophy, Eros, and the Socratic Turn.- 8. Free to Care: Socrates’ Political Engagement.- 10. Socrates: Sisyphean or Overflowing?.- 11. Socrates’ Motives and Human Wisdom in Plato’s Theages.- 12. Plato’s Euthyphro on Divine and Human Wisdom.- 13. On the Question of Socratic Benevolence.- 14. Philanthropy in the Action of the Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito.- 15. Philosophic Care in the Life of Plato’s Socrates.- 16. Plato’s Sons and the Library of Magnesia.