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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn admirable book—not only a thoughtful and impressively wide-ranging study of Plato’s dialogues, but a sharply focused and quite accessible one as well. It will be valuable to both experienced and relatively new readers of Plato…The book sets out a bright and novel agenda for reading and discussing Plato.” -- Stephen Salkever, Bryn Mawr College * The Review of Politics *
This is a powerful and compelling book . . . Howland's detailed interpretation of each of the dialogues he treats sheds important and imaginative new light on the meaning and the significance of these dialogues . . . Howland makes his case in a completely convincing way . . . A remarkable and important contribution to Platonic scholarship . . . A truly exellent book from which scholars and students will benefit greatly. -- Drew A. Hyland, Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College
This is an admirable book, thoughtful and impressively wide-ranging study of Platos's dialogues, but a sharply focused and quite accessible one as well. It will be valuable to both experienced and relatively new readers.
Howland provides an insightful interpretation of Socrates'. -- J. Gough, Red deer College * CHOICE, September 1998 Vol. 36 No. 1 *
Howland's argument for the thesis is forceful... * Review of Metaphysics *
Howland provides a thoughtful consideration of philosophic drama, a close textual reading of the octology, and useful diagrams of the steps and divisions in the Sophist and the Statesman. . . . His insightful interpretation of Socrates' views and character is a useful companion to the octology while illuminating the sophist who is at the same time not a sophist. -- J. Gough, Red deer College * CHOICE *
