
Christopher Bobonich
Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy and Professor, by courtesy, of Classics
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Philosophy
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Professor (By courtesy), Classics
Administrative Appointments
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Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University (2010 - Present)
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Fellow in Undergraduate Education, Bass Fellows Program, Barbara Finberg University (2010 - Present)
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Professor of Philosophy, and by courtesy of Classics, Stanford University (2007 - Present)
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Faculty Scholar, Marta Sutton Weeks (2007 - 2010)
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Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Classics, Stanford University (2005 - Present)
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Fellow in Undergraduate Education, Bass Fellows Program, Barbara Finberg University (2005 - 2005)
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University (2002 - 2007)
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley (2001 - 2001)
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Faculty Fellowship, Alden H. and Winifred Brown (2000 - 2001)
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Fellowship, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University (1999 - 2000)
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Faculty Fellowship, John Philip Coghlan (1997 - 1999)
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University (1996 - 2002)
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Junior Fellow, National Center for Hellenic Studies (1995 - 1996)
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Laurance S. Rockefeller Fellow, Princeton University Center for Human Values (1994 - 1995)
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Fellow, Chicago Humanities Institute (1992 - 1992)
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago (1990 - 1995)
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Graduate Student Instructor, University of California at Berkeley (1986 - 1990)
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Graduate Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley (1985 - 1986)
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Lecturer in Philosophy, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto campus (1984 - 1985)
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Rotary Fellowship, Cambridge University (England) (1981 - 1982)
Honors & Awards
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Outstanding Academic Title, American Library Association, CHOICE (2004)
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Newbold Rhinelander Landon Scholarship, Harvard University (1981)
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Charles Joseph Bonaparte Scholarship, Harvard University (1980)
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Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University (1980)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Member, Advisory Board to the Philosophical Gourmet Report (2006 - 2017)
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Member, American Philosophical Association
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Member, Program Committee of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association (2004 - 2006)
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Member, Advisory Board to the Philosophical Gourmet Report (2004 - 2006)
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Member, Advisory Committee to the Eastern Division Program Committee of the American Philosophical Association in the History of Philosophy (2003 - 2006)
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Referee for book manuscripts, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press (2002 - Present)
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Referee for book manuscripts, Cambridge University Press (2000 - 2001)
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Referee for book manuscripts, Oxford University Press (2000 - 2001)
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Referee for book manuscripts, Routledge Press (2000 - 2001)
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Referee for book manuscripts, State University of New York Press (2000 - 2001)
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Referee for book manuscripts, University of California Press (2000 - 2001)
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Referee, Ancient Philosophy (1998 - 1999)
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Referee for a book manuscript, Cornell University Press (1997 - 1998)
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Previous referee, Ancient Philosophy
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Referee, Classical Philology
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Referee, Helios
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Referee, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
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Reviewer, Applications for the National Endowment in the Humanities Summer Stipends (1996 - 1997)
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, Stanford University (2009 - 2010)
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Chair, Philosophy Department Committee on Undergraduate Research (2009 - 2010)
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Member, Department promotion committee, Stanford University (2009 - 2010)
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, Stanfoerd University (2008 - 2009)
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Chair, Philosophy Department Committee on Undergraduate Research, Stanford University (2008 - 2009)
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Member, Dean's Curriculum Committee, Stanford University (2008 - 2009)
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, Stanford University (2007 - 2008)
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Chair, Philosophy Department Committee on Undergraduate Research, Stanford University (2007 - 2008)
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Member of department reappointment committee, Stanford University (2007 - 2008)
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Member, C-USP, Stanford University (2007 - 2008)
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Member, Dean's Curriculum Committee, Stanford University (2007 - 2008)
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Member, IHUM Governance Board, Stanford University (2007 - 2008)
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Member, MLA Governance Board (2007 - 2008)
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Director, Undergraduate Studies, Stanford University (2006 - 2007)
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Chair, Philosophy Department Committee on Undergraduate Research, Stanford University (2006 - 2007)
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Member, Department tenure committee, Stanford University (2006 - 2007)
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Member, C-USP, Stanford University (2006 - 2007)
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Member, Ethical Reasoning Board, Stanford University (2006 - 2007)
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Member, IHUM Governance Board, Stanford University (2006 - 2007)
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Director, Undergraduate Studies, Stanford University (2005 - 2006)
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Chair, Philosophy Department Committee on Undergraduate Research, Stanford University (2005 - 2006)
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Member, IHUM Governance Board, Stanford University (2005 - 2006)
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Chair, S-GER subcommittee of C-USP, Stanford University (2004 - 2005)
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Chair, Ancient Philosophy Search Committee (2004 - 2005)
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Director, Undergraduate Studies (2004 - 2005)
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Chair, Philosophy Department Committee on Undergraduate Research, Stanford University (2004 - 2005)
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Member, IHUM Governance Board, Stanford University (2004 - 2005)
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Chair, S-GER subcommittee of C-USP, Stanford University (2003 - 2004)
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Chair, Ancient Philosophy Search Committee, Stanford University (2003 - 2004)
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Chair, Reappointment Committee, Stanford University (2003 - 2004)
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Chair, Reappointment Committee, Stanford University (2002 - 2003)
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Chair, Placement Committee, Stanford University (2002 - 2003)
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Chair, Core Seminar Review Committee, Stanford University (2002 - 2003)
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Member, S-GER subcommittee (2002 - 2003)
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Alumni Tour with President Hennessy, Stanford University (2001 - 2002)
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Member, Committee on Undergraduate Studies, Stanford University (2001 - 2002)
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Director, Undergraduate Studies, Stanford University (2001 - 2002)
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Member, Undergraduate Committee, Stanford University (2001 - 2002)
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Member, Admissions Committee, Stanford University (2000 - 2001)
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Member, Ethics in Society Steering Committee, Stanford University (2000 - 2001)
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Freshman Admit weekend lecture, Stanford University (2000 - 2001)
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Co-director, Masters Program Committee, Stanford University (2000 - 2001)
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Stanford Humanities Center leave, Stanford University (1999 - 2000)
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Member, Booth Prize Committee, Stanford University (1998 - 1999)
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Member, Committee on Undergraduate Studies, Stanford University (1998 - 1999)
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Member, Ethics in Society Steering Committee, Stanford University (1998 - 1999)
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Member, Ethics Search Committee, Stanford University (1998 - 1999)
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Member, History of Modern Philosophy Search Committee, Stanford University (1998 - 1999)
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Member, History of Science Search Committee, Stanford University (1998 - 1999)
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Director, Undergraduate Studies, Stanford University (1997 - 1998)
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Member, Ethics in Society Steering Committee, Stanford University (1997 - 1998)
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Member, Mellon Post Doctoral Fellowships Committee, Stanford University (1997 - 1998)
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Member, Modern History Search Committee, Stanford University (1997 - 1998)
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Member, Library Committee, Stanford University (1996 - 1997)
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Member, History Search Committee, Stanford University (1996 - 1997)
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Organized and ran a Latin philosophy reading group, Stanford University (1996 - 1997)
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Member, Department of Philosophy graduate admissions committees, search committees, University of Chicago
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Organized and ran a Latin philosophy reading group, University of Chicago (1991 - 1994)
Professional Education
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Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, Philosophy (1990)
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M. Phil., Cambridge University, Philosophy (1983)
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B.A., Harvard University, Government (1981)
2019-20 Courses
- Aristotle on Virtues
PHIL 313W (Win) - Dissertation Development Seminar
PHIL 241 (Sum) - Emotion
THINK 69 (Spr) - Greek Philosophy
CLASSICS 40, PHIL 100 (Aut) - Topics in Plato: Plato on Practical Rationality
PHIL 317 (Spr) -
Independent Studies (3)
- Individual Work for Graduate Students
PHIL 240 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Individual Work, Undergraduate
PHIL 197 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Tutorial, Senior Year
PHIL 196 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Individual Work for Graduate Students
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Prior Year Courses
2018-19 Courses
- Aristotle's Moral Theory
PHIL 313T (Win) - Dissertation Development Seminar
PHIL 241 (Sum) - Evil
THINK 24 (Aut) - Seminar on Emotion
PHIL 375G, PSYCH 160, PSYCH 260 (Win) - Virtue and Reason in Plato
PHIL 337 (Spr)
2017-18 Courses
- Aristotle's Protrepticus and its Background
CLASSICS 346, PHIL 315 (Win) - Dissertation Development Seminar
PHIL 241 (Sum) - Evil
THINK 24 (Aut) - Greek Philosophy
CLASSICS 40, PHIL 100 (Aut) - Virtue Ethics
PHIL 172V, PHIL 272V (Spr)
2016-17 Courses
- Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
PHIL 305 (Win) - Evil
THINK 24 (Aut) - Greek Philosophy
PHIL 100 (Aut) - Plato's Early Dialogues
PHIL 107, PHIL 207 (Spr)
- Aristotle's Moral Theory
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Brian Bigio, Landon Hobbs, Kelvin Yang -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Amos Espeland, Roy Lee -
Doctoral (Program)
Jonathan Amaral, Ashley Attwood, Sarah Brophy, Earvin Chavez, Grant Dowling, Zachary Hall, Seyoung Kang, Soham Shiva, Rupert Sparling
All Publications
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The Cambridge Companion to ANCIENT ETHICS Introduction
CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ANCIENT ETHICS
2017: 1-+
View details for Web of Science ID 000446067900001
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Elitism in Plato and Aristotle
CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO ANCIENT ETHICS
2017: 298–318
View details for Web of Science ID 000446067900017
- Socrates and Eudaimonia The Cambridge Companion to Socrates edited by Norrison, D. Cambridge University Press. 2011: 293–332
- Images of Irrationality Plato's Laws: A Critical Guide edited by Bobonich, C. Cambridge University Press. 2010: 149–171
- Plato's Laws: A Critical Guide edited by Bobonich, C. Cambridge University Press. 2010
- Nicomachean Ethics VII.7: Akrasia and Self-Control Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics Book VII (Proceedings of the 2005 Symposium Aristotelicum) Oxford University Press. 2009: 130–156
- Plato's Politics Oxford Handbook on Plato edited by Fine, G. Oxford University Press. 2008: 311–335
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Why should philosophers rule? Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Protrepticus
SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY & POLICY
2007; 24 (2): 153-175
View details for Web of Science ID 000247550400007
- Akrasia in Greek Philosophy: from Socrates to Plotinus edited by Bobonich, C., Destree, P. Brill. 2007
- Plato: Political Philosophy, Founders of Modern Political and Social Thought Polis 2007; 24 (1)
- Greek Political Philosophy Greek Political Philosophy Cambridge University Press. 2007
- Plato on Akrasia and Knowing Your Own Mind Akrasia in Greek Philosophy: from Socrates to Plotinus edited by Destree, P., Bobonich, C. Brill. 2007: 41–60
- Why Should Philosophers Rule? Plato's Laws and Aristotle's Protrepticus Freedom, Reason, and the Polis: Essays in Ancient Greek Political Philosophy edited by Keyt, D., Miller, F. Cambridge University Press. 2007
- Why Should Philosophers Rule? Plato's Laws and Aristotle's Protrepticus Social Philosophy & Policy 2007; 24 (2): 153-175
- Aristotle's Ethical Treatises The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics edited by Kraut, R. Blackwell. 2006: 12–36
- Review of Virtue, Norms, and Objectivity: Issues in Ancient and Modern Ethics Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2005
- Review of Individual and Conflict in Greek Ethics The Philosophical Review 2004; 113: 557 - 560
- Plato: Utopia Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Stanford University Press. 2002
- Plato's Utopia Recast: His Later Ethics and Politics Oxford University Press. 2002
- Review of Platonic Questions: Dialogues with the Silent Philosopher The Philosophical Review 2002; 111: 297-299
- Review of Reason and Emotion The Philosophical Review 2001; 110: 263 - 267
- Plato and the Birth of Classical Political Philosophy Plato's Laws and its Historical Significance; Selected papers of the I International Congress on Ancient thought edited by Lisi, F. L. Academia Verlag. 2001; 95 - 106
- Akrasia and Agency in Plato's Laws and Republic Essays on Plato's Psychology edited by Wagner, E. Rowman and Littlefield. 2001: 203–237
- Aristotle's Politics: Books VII and VIII The Philosophical Review 1999; 108: 582 - 585
- Persuasion, Compulsion and Freedom in Plato's Laws Oxford Readings in Philosophy: Plato 2: Ethics, Politics, Religion and the Soul Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999
- Reading the Laws Form and Argument in Late Plato edited by Gill, C., McCabe, M. M. Oxford University Press. 1996: 249–282
- Review of The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle Ethics 1996; 106: 687
- Review of Plato's Ethics The Philosophical Review 1996; 105: 235-240
- Review of The Morality of Happiness The Philosophical Review 1995; 104: 265-268
- The Virtues of Ordinary People in Plato's Politicus Reading the Statesman: The Proceedings of the Third International Symposium Platonicum edited by Rowe, C. J. Academia Verlag. 1995: 313–329
- Plato's Theory of Goods in the Laws and the Philebus Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy 1995; 11: 101 - 139
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AKRASIA AND AGENCY IN PLATO 'LAWS' AND 'REPUBLIC'
ARCHIV FUR GESCHICHTE DER PHILOSOPHIE
1994; 76 (1): 3-36
View details for Web of Science ID A1994NP87800001
- Review of Secession Ethics 1994: 422-423
- Review of Practices of Reason The Philosophical Review 1994; 103: 567-569
- Internal Realism, Human Nature and Distributive Justice: A Response to Martha Nussbaum Modern Philology 1993; 90: S74-92
- Review of A Companion to Aristotle's Politics Ethics 1993; 103: 387-389
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PERSUASION, COMPULSION AND FREEDOM IN PLATO 'LAWS'
CLASSICAL QUARTERLY
1991; 41 (2): 365-388
View details for Web of Science ID A1991GV66000009