A collection of essays bringing diverse approaches to Plato into conversation in the spirit of its honorand, Christopher Rowe.

Introduction George Boys-Stones; 1. Macrology and digression Monique Dixsaut; 2. Two conceptions of the body in Plato's Phaedrus María Angélica Fierro; 3. Socrates in the Phaedo Noburu Notomi; 4. Socratic intellectualism in the Republic's central digression David Sedley; 5. Timaeus in the cave Thomas Johansen; 6. Reflective commentary (1): 'Socratic' psychology in the Republic Christopher Gill; 7. Reflective commentary (2): appearance, reality and the desire for the good Dimitri El Murr; 8. Waving or drowning? Socrates and the sophists on self-knowledge in the Euthydemus M. M. McCabe; 9. Why was the Theaetetus written by Euclides? Michel Narcy; 10. The wooden horse: the Cyrenaics in the Theaetetus Ugo Zilioli; 11. The wax tablet, logic and Protagoreanism Terry Penner; 12. A form that 'is' of what 'is not': existential einai in Plato's Sophist Denis O'Brien; 13. Truth and story in the Timaeus-Critias Sarah Broadie; 14. The Atlantis-poem in the Timaeus-Critias Mauro Tulli; 15. Friendship and justice in the Laws Malcolm Schofield.