This book is a study of Plato's most elementary dialogues, arranged in relation to Reading Order as... Læs mere
In this book, William H. F. Altman considers the pedagogical connections behind the post-Republic dialogues from Timaeus to Theaetetus in the context of their Reading Order.
In a new approach to a vexing problem in modern philosophy, William H. F. Altman shows that Heidegger’s decision to join the Nazis in 1933 can only be understood in the context of his complicated relationship with the Great War.
This study reconsiders Plato’s “Socratic” dialogues—Charmides, Laches, Lysis, Euthydemus, Gorgias, and Meno—as parts... Læs mere
In this book, William H. F. Altman argues that it is not order of composition but reading order that makes... Læs mere
In this book, William H. F. Altman turns to Demosthenes—universally regarded as Plato’s student in antiquity—and Plato’s other Athenian students in order to add external and historical evidence for Plato’s original curriculum.
With both the Roman Empire and contemporary scholarship as backdrop, this book contrasts the Imperial Platonism of Plotinus with Plato's own... Læs mere