"The present volume argues that Plato and Platonism should be understood not as a series of determinate doctrines or philosophical facts to be pinned down once and for all, but rather as an inexhaustible mine of possible trajectories. The book examines in this light different st…
By questioning the modern categories of Plato and Platonism, this book offers different ways of reading the Platonic dialogues and the many traditions that resonate in them from Antiquity to Post-Modernity.
"Harold Tarrant here explores ancient attempts to interpret Plato's writings, by philosophers who spoke a Greek close to Plato's own, and provides a fresh, almost primitive reading of Plato himself. His book also serves as a synthesis of recent work on ancient interpreters of Pl…
