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MALCOLM SCHOFIELD is an Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of St John's College. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary International Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is recognized as one of the major scholars in the world currently working on ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. His first book was An Essay on Anaxagoras (Cambridge, 1980), he co-authored with G. S. Kirk and J. E. Raven the second edition of The Presocratic Philosophers (Cambridge, 1983), and has co-edited numerous other collaborative volumes, including in 2015 with Catherine Rowett a special Heraclitus issue of the journal Rhizomata, and with Tom Griffith a new English edition of Plato's Laws (Cambridge, 2016). He now works mostly on Greek and Roman political philosophy. He was co-editor with Christopher Rowe of The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Political Thought (Cambridge, 2000). The Stoic Idea of the City (Cambridge, 1991), Saving the City (1999), Plato: Political Philosophy (2006) and Cicero: Political Philosophy (2021) are among his major solo publications.'This is a very welcome volume by a very distinguished scholar. The topics include Plato's epistemology and metaphysics, but most of the chapters focus on Plato's ethics, political philosophy, and psychology. In reading the dialogues, Schofield deftly combines literary and historical analysis with analytical rigor and such breadth is rare in Plato interpretation. Any student of Plato will gain much by reading and thinking deeply about the this book.' Chris Bobonich, Stanford University
'A fascinating intervention on Plato by one of his leading contemporary readers, How Plato Writes offers a nuanced and multifaceted exploration of key features of Plato's texts: image and argument, paradox, intertextuality and the literary staging of philosophical conversation. Schofield's probing analyses of thorny passages and interpretive problems are essential reading for experts yet accessible to a wide audience. The different chapters of the volume combine to form an interconnected and illuminating reflection on the challenging, puzzling and often playful nature of Plato's philosophical provocations.' Shaul Tor, King's College London
'The erudition and wisdom ... sparkle on every page.' Edith Hall, Times Literary Supplement
'… this is an impressive overview of key passages in Plato's work, which stimulates further thought. Overall, the interpretations are characterized by a very welcome, high level of context sensitivity, many intertextual references and, at the same time, a precise and analytical approach.' Abida Malik, Sehepunkte