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Plato s dialogues are some of the most widely read texts in Western philosophy, and one would imagine them fully mined for elemental material. Yet, in "Plato and Tradition, "Patricia Fagan reveals the dialogues to be continuing sources of fresh insight. She recovers from them an underappreciated depth of cultural reference that is crucial to understanding their central philosophical concerns. Through careful readings of six dialogues, Fagan demonstrates that Plato s presentation of Socrates highlights the centrality of tradition in political, erotic, and philosophic life. Plato embeds...

An oracle was reported to have said, "No one is wiser than Socrates." And in fact it was Socrates life s work to interpret these words, which demanded and defined the practice of philosophy. Each of these original essays attends carefully to the specifics of the "Apology," looking to its dramatic details, its philosophic teaching, and its complexity as a work of writing to bring into focus the "Socrates" of the "Apology."

Overall, the contributors, distinguished scholars of ancient philosophy, share a belief in the unity of the letter and the spirit of Platonic philosophy: the...