englischDuring 403–399 a fierce political contest was going on between the king of Sparta Pausanias and Lysander, in which Athens was part of the stakes. I examine the possibility that Socrates became entangled in the backlash of this contest. As Xenophon testifies in Memorabilia, during the trial [...]

englisch“Ethical Inquiry” is a manual developed to accompany Lisa, a philosophical story for teens. It provides introductions to concepts such as identity, truth, justice, freedom, human rights, and animal rights, as well as numerous discussion plans and exercises that encourage exploration of these [...]

englischLisa is the story of a young girl and her classmates. Various events in the lives of these young people prompt them to think about philosophical concepts like truth, justice, sexism, racism, human and animal rights, and death. Through dialogue, they ask profound questions about identity, [...]

englischThis set of previously published essays—several of them now expanded and revised—offers a sustained analysis of conceptual connections between (i) the metaphysics and epistemology of Parmenides and (ii) corresponding themes in the philosophies of other pre-Socratics. The book's central part [...]

englischThis book offers a complete reconstruction of the ancient and Byzantine tradition of the pseudoplatonic Eryxias, a dialogue concerning the relationship between wealth and virtue. This text is preserved in our medieval manuscripts in the Appendix of spurious dialogues, but probably found its [...]