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 olume'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.

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