Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-390) and indexes.

The rise and fall of the Socratic problem / Louis-Andre Dorion -- The students of Socrates / Klaus Döring -- Xenophon and the enviable life of Socrates / David K. O'Connor -- Socrates in Aristophanes' Clouds / David Konstan -- Socrates and the new learning / Paul Woodruff -- Socratic religion / Mark L. McPherran -- Socrates and democratic Athens / Josiah Ober -- Socratic method / Hugh H. Benson -- Self-examination / Christopher Rowe -- Socratic ignorance / Richard Bett -- Reconsidering Socratic irony / Melissa Lane -- Socratic ethics and the Socratic psychology of action : a philosophical framework / Terry Penner -- Socrates and Eudaimonia / Christopher Bobonich -- Socrates' political philosophy / Charles L. Griswold -- Socrates in later Greek philosophy / A. A. Long.

"The Cambridge Companion to Socrates is a collection of essays providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher. Because Socrates himself wrote nothing, our evidence comes from the writings of his friends (above all Plato), his enemies, and later writers. Socrates is thus a literary figure as well as a historical person. Both aspects of Socrates' legacy are covered in this volume. Socrates' character is full of paradox, and so are his philosophical views. These paradoxes have led to deep differences in scholar's interpretation of Socrates and his thought. Mirroring this wide range of thought about Socrates, this volume's contributors are unusually diverse in their background and perspective. The essays in this volume were authored by classical philologists, philosophers, and historians from Germany, Francophone Canada, Britain, and the United States, and they represent a range of interpretive and philosophical traditions"-- Provided by publisher.