Oxford studies in ancient philosophy. Vol. XXXVI, summer 2009

Empedocles and his ancient readers on desire and pleasure / David Wolfsdorf -- Paratragedy in Plato's Gorgias / Franco V. Trivigno -- Aristophanes and the Socrates of the Phaedo / Marwan Rashed -- Socrate's new Aitia: casual and metaphysical explanations in Plato's Phaedo / Ravi Sharma -- The rational/non-rational distinction in Plato's Republic / Todd Stuart Ganson -- Moving like a stream: Protagoras' Heracliteanism in Plato's Theaetetus -- Aristotle on Speusippus on Eudoxus on pleasure -- The qualitative status of the Onkoi in Asclepiades' theory of matter / David Leith -- Reading platonic writing: a discussion of Christopher Rowe, Plato and the art of philosophical writing / Nicholas Denyer. Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback. "The serial Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy (OSAP) is fairly regarded as the leading venue for publication in ancient philosophy. It is where one looks to find the state-of-the-art. That the serial, which presents itself more as an anthology than as a journal, has traditionally allowed space for lengthier studies, has tended only to add to its prestige; it is as if OSAP thus declares that, since it allows as much space as the merits of the subject require, it can be more entirely devoted to the best and most serious scholarship."--Michael Pakaluk, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Annotation Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback