This book is a rereading of the early dialogues of Plato from the point of view of the people with whom Socrates engages in debate. Existing studies are thoroughly dismissive of the interlocutors and reduce them to the status of mere mouthpieces for views that are hopelessly confused or demonstrably false. This book takes interlocutors seriously and treats them as genuine intellectual opponents whose views are often more defensible than commentators have generally thought.

A re-reading of Plato's early dialogues from the interlocutors' point of view.

This revised and expanded edition of John Beversluis' book is the only critical study of C. S. Lewis's apologetic writings. This readable and intellectually stimulating book should be on the bookshelves of anyone interested in the philosophy of religion.