Introduction: Platonic dramatology
The political and philosophical problems. Using pre-Socratic philosophy to support political reform: the Athenian stranger ; Plato's Parmenides: Parmenides' critique of Socrates and Plato's critique of Parmenides ; Becoming Socrates ; Socrates interrogates his contemporaries about the noble and good
Two paradigms of philosophy. Socrates' positive teaching ; Timaeus-Critias: completing or challenging Socratic political philosophy? ; Socratic practice
The trial and death of Socrates. The limits of human intelligence ; The Eleatic challenge ; The trial and death of Socrates
Conclusion: Why Plato made Socrates his hero.