John Sallis is Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He is author of more than 20 books, including The Figure of Nature and The Return of Nature.

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

Section 1. On Reading Plato

Section 2. The Questions: Philosophy, Logos, Being

Section 3. The Way of Platonic Dialogue: Preliminary Reflections

Part One. Socratic Logos

Chapter I. Provocations of Socratic Logos: Apology of Socrates

Section 1. The Prologue to the Apology (17 a - 19 a)

Section 2. The Way of Socrates

Section 3. Service to Apollo (10 d - 24 b)

Section 4. Socrates and the City (24 b - 42 a)

Chapter II. Ignorance and Recollection: Meno

Section 1. Meno (70 a - 79 e)

Section 2. Meno and Socrates (79 e - 86 d)

Section 3. Meno and Anytus (86 d - 96 d)

Section 4. Meno, Socrates, Anytus (96 d - 100 c)

Chapter III. Beyond the City: Phaedrus

Section 1. The Setting (227 a - 230 e)

Section 2. The Three Speeches (230 e -2 57 b)

Section 3. The Perfection of Speech (257 b - 279 c)

Postscript to Part One. The Way of Platonic Dialogue: Further Reflections

Part Two. Being and Logos

Chapter IV. Logos and Its Parts: Cratylus

Section 1. The Problem of Names (383 a - 384 c)

Section 2. The Art of Naming (384 c - 390 e)

Section 3. Human Names and Divine Names (390 e- 397 a)

Section 4. The Etymological Comedy (397 a - 421 c)

Section 5. Imitation (421 c - 427 e)

Section 6. Cratylus (427 e - 437 d)

Section 7. Names and Things (437 d - 440 e)

Chapter V. The Upward Way: Republic

Section 1. Down to Piraeus (Book I)

Section 2. The City and the Soul (Book II - Book V, 473 c)

Section 3. The Philosopher (473 c- 507 b)

Section 4. The Good (507 b - 509 c)

Section 5. The Divided Line (509 d - 511 e, 521 c - 535 a)

Section 6. The Cave (514 a - 521 b)

Chapter VI. The Way of Logos: Sophist

Section 1. In Search of the Sophist (216 a - 232 a)

Section 2. The Problem of Being and Non-Being (232 a - 251 a)

Section 3. Being and Non-Being (251 a - 259 d)

Section 4. The Community of Being and Logos (259 d - 268 d)

Postscript. The Way of Platonic Dialogue

Indexes