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  • Glaucon's Fate: History, Myth, and Character in Plato's Republic

    by Jacob Howland ...
    “Glaucon's Fate is one of the most interesting and insightful treatments of Plato's Republic in years . . . We may never know the real Socrates, but Howland's mastery and interpretation of an impressive array of works from Plato's time, along with his insight into many Platonic dialogues, including and especially the Republic, makes this book a must-read for anyone interested in Plato, Socrates, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Readings of Plato's Apology of Socrates

    Defending the Philosophical Life

    by Vivil Valvik Haraldsen, Olof Pettersson, Oda E. Wiese Tvedt, Kristin Sampson, Knut Ågotnes, Jacob Howland, Gro Rørstadbotten, Hallvard Fossheim0, Elena Irrera1, Arlene W. Saxonhouse2, Paul Woodruff3 ...
    In Plato’s Apology of Socrates we see a philosopher in collision with his society—a society he nonetheless claims to have benefited through his philosophic activity. It has often been asked why democratic Athens condemned a philosopher of Socrates' character to death. This anthology examines the contribution made by Plato’s Apology of Socrates to our understanding of the character of Socrates as ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Socratic Philosophy and Its Others

    by Denise Schaeffer, Christopher Dustin, Michael Davis, Catherine H. Zuckert, Gwenda-lin Grewal, Mary P. Nichols, Christopher A. Colmo, David Corey, Matthew Dinan0, Jacob Howland1, Evanthia Speliotis2, Ronna Burger3 ...
    The overall aim of the volume is to explore the relation of Socratic philosophizing, as Plato represents it, to those activities to which it is typically opposed. The essays address a range of figures who appear in the dialogues as distinct “others” against whom Socrates is contrasted—most obviously, the figure of the sophist, but also the tragic hero, the rhetorician, the tyrant, and the poet. ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Plato and the Talmud

    by Jacob Howland ...
    This innovative study sees the relationship between Athens and Jerusalem through the lens of the Platonic dialogues and the Talmud. Howland argues that these texts are animated by comparable conceptions of the proper roles of inquiry and reasoned debate in religious life, and by a profound awareness of the limits of our understanding of things divine. Insightful readings of Plato's Apology, ... Read more

    $44.29 USD