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)
2024-25 Courses
- Hellenistic Ethics
PHIL 113E, PHIL 213E (Spr) - Plato's Political Philosophy
PHIL 317B (Win) - The Birth of Modern Moral Philosophy
PHIL 173, PHIL 273 (Win) - The History of Ancient Greek Philosophy
CLASSICS 40, PHIL 100 (Aut) -
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, Sum)
- Individual Work for Graduate Students
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Contemporary Virtue Ethics and its Critics
PHIL 112, PHIL 212 (Spr) - Goodness Ancient and Modern
PHIL 313W (Win) - Plato and Aristotle on the Human Function and the Human Good
PHIL 337 (Aut) - Second Year Paper Development Seminar
PHIL 241 (Sum) - The History of Ancient Greek Philosophy
CLASSICS 40, PHIL 100 (Aut)
2022-23 Courses
- Aquinas and Aristotle's Ethics
CLASSICS 315, PHIL 318 (Win) - Normativity in Ancient Greek Metaethics
PHIL 104, PHIL 204 (Spr) - Second Year Paper Development Seminar
PHIL 241 (Sum) - The History of Ancient Greek Philosophy
CLASSICS 40, PHIL 100 (Aut) - Topics in Plato and Aristotle
PHIL 317 (Aut)
2021-22 Courses
- Ancient Greek Rationality, Public and Private
CLASSICS 395, PHIL 338R, POLISCI 238R, POLISCI 438R (Spr) - Aristotle and Later Developments
PHIL 314 (Win) - Emotion
THINK 69 (Spr) - The History of Ancient Greek Philosophy
CLASSICS 40, PHIL 100 (Aut)
- Contemporary Virtue Ethics and its Critics
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Jonathan Amaral, Shuting Liang, Rupert Sparling -
Doctoral (Program)
Jonathan Amaral, Lukas Apsel, Samantha Bennett, Lis Benossi, Marianna Bible, Andrew Biondo, Robinson Erhardt, Max Forster, Austen Friesacher, Claire Ganiban, Mariel Goddu, Jacqueline Harding, Ali Hazel, Stewart Huang, PM Irvin, Miikka Jaarte, Hayden Kajercline, Bendix Kemmann, Shayan Koeksal, Konstantinos Konstantinou, Tom Ladendorf, Alexander Pereira, William Ray, Anton Skott, Juanhe (TJ) Tan, Sally Tilton, Chloe Van Steertegem, Que Wu
All Publications
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The Good or the Wild at Aristotle Eudemian Ethics 8.3?
CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY
2023: 172-193
View details for DOI 10.1086/724184
View details for Web of Science ID 001047378000005
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A Wolf in the City (Book Review)
ARCHIV FUR GESCHICHTE DER PHILOSOPHIE
2020; 102 (3): 518–24
View details for DOI 10.1515/agph-2020-2010
View details for Web of Science ID 000595605500007
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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
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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
- 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
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Individual and conflict in Greek ethics. (Book Review)
PHILOSOPHICAL REVIEW
2004; 113 (4): 557-560
View details for DOI 10.1215/00318108-113-4-557
View details for Web of Science ID 000240279600004
- 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
- Plato's Theory of Goods in the Laws and the Philebus Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy 1995; 11: 101 - 139
- 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
- Review of The Morality of Happiness The Philosophical Review 1995; 104: 265-268
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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