Author Meets Critics: Plato's "Letters": The Political Challenges of the Philosophic Life, by Ariel Helfer

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Overview

Helfer's new book argues that Plato's "Letters" is a cohesive work of Platonic political philosophy, written with the purpose of providing an account of Plato’s career as a writer, a philosopher, and a political advisor.

Section

• 90. Society for Greek Political Thought

Chair

• Mark J. Lutz, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Participants

• Ariel Helfer, Wayne State University

• Eric Buzzetti, Concordia University

• Gregory A. McBrayer, Ashland University

• Benjamin Lorch, James Madison College Michigan State University

• Mark J. Lutz, University of Nevada-Las Vegas