TABLE OF CONTENTS Notes on Contributors Preface Abbreviations 1. The Life of Plato of Athens / Debra Nails 2. Interpreting Plato / Christopher Rowe 3. The Socratic Problem / William J. Prior I. Platonic Method & the Dialogue Form 4. Form and the Platonic Dialogues / Mary Margaret McCabe 5. The Socratic Elenchus / Charles M. Young 6. Platonic Definitions and Forms / R. M. Dancy 7. Plato's Method of Dialectic / Hugh H. Benson II. Platonic Epistemology 8. Socratic Ignorance / Gareth B. Matthews 9. Plato on Recollection / Charles Kahn 10. Plato: A Theory of Perception or a Nod to Sensation? / Deborah K. W. Modrak 11. Knowledge and the Forms in Plato / Michael Ferejohn III. Platonic Metaphysics 12. The Forms and the Sciences in Socrates and Plato / Terry Penner 13. Problems for Forms / Mary Louise Gill 14. The Role of Cosmology in Plato's Philosophy / Cynthia Freeland 15. Plato on Language / David Sedley 16. Plato and Mathematics / Michael White 17. Platonic Religion / Mark L. McPherran VI. Platonic Psychology 18. The Socratic Paradoxes / Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith 19. The Platonic Soul / Fred D. Miller, Jr. 20. Plato on Eros and Friendship / C. D. C. Reeve 21. Plato on Pleasure as the Human Good / Gerasimos Santas V. Platonic Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics 22. The Unity of the Virtues / Daniel Devereux 23. Plato on Justice / David Keyt 24. Plato's Concept of Goodness / Nicholas White 25. Plato on the Law / Susan Sauvé Meyer 26. Plato and the Arts / Christopher Janaway VI. Platonic Legacy 27. Learning about Plato from Aristotle / Christopher Shields 28. Plato & Hellenistic Philosophy / A. A. Long 29. Plato's Influence on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Philosophy / Sara Ahbel-Rappe Bibliography Index