Gregory Vlastos (1907-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential scholars of ancient philosophy. Over a span of more than fifty years, he published essays and book reviews that established his place as a leading authority on early Greek philosophy. The two volumes that comprise Studies in Greek Philosophy include nearly forty contributions by this acknowledged master of the philosophical essay. Many of these pieces are now considered to be classics in the field. Perhaps more than any other modern scholar, Gregory Vlastos was responsible for raising standards of research, analysis, and exposition in classical philosophy to new levels of excellence. His essays have served as paradigms of scholarship for several generations. Available for the first time in a comprehensive collection, these contributions reveal the author's ability to combine the skills of a philosopher, philologist, and historian of ideas in addressing some of the most difficult problems of ancient philosophy. Volume I collects Vlastos's essays on Presocratic philosophy. Wide-ranging concept studies link Greek science, religion, and politics with philosophy. Individual studies illuminate the thought of major philosophers such as Heraclitus, Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and Democritus. A magisterial series of studies on Zeno of Elea reveals the author's power in source criticism and logical analysis. Volume II contains essays on the thought of Socrates, Plato, and later thinkers and essays dealing with ethical, social, and political issues as well as metaphysics, science, and the foundations of mathematics.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
INTRODUCTION xi
NOTE ON TEXTUAL CONVENTIONS xv
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xvii
PART ONE: SOCRATES
1. The Paradox of Socrates 3
2. Platis's Socrates' Accusers 19
3. Brickhouse and Smith's Socrates on Trial 25
4. Socrates on Political Obedience and Disobedience 30
5. Socrates on Acrasia 43
6. Was Polus Refuted? 60
PART TWO: PLATO
A. ETHICS, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
7. The Theory of Social Justice in the Polis in Plato's Republic 69
8. The Rights of Persons in Plato's Conception of the Foundations of Justice 104
9. The Virtuous and the Happy: Irwin's Plato's Moral Theory 126
10. Was Plato a Feminist? 133
B. METAPHYSICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY
11. Anamnesis in the Meno 147
12a. The Third Man Argument in the Parmenides 166
12b. Addendum to the Third Man Argument in the Parmenides 191
12c. Addenda to the Third Man Argument: A Reply to Professor Sellars 194
12d. Postscript to the Third Man: A Reply to Mr. Geach 204
13. On a Proposed Redefinition of "Self-Predication" in Plato 215
C. SCIENCE
14. The Role of Observation in Plato's Conception of Astronomy 223
15. Disorderly Motion in Plato's Timaeus 247
16. Creation in the Timaeus: Is It a Fiction? 265
PART THREE: AFTER PLATO
17. A Note on the Unmoved Mover 283
18. Minimal Parts in Epicurean Atomism 285
19. Zeno of Sidon as a Critic of Euclid 315
BIBLIOGRAPHY: THE WORKS OF GREGORY VLASTOS 325
INDEX LOCORUM 331
GENERAL INDEX 343

Gregory Vlastos
Edited by Daniel W. Graham