The Greeks and Us
Essays in Honor of Arthur W. H. Adkins
- Contents
Table of Contents

Contents
Memorial Note
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Robert B. Louden
1: Justice and Farming in the Works and Days
Stephanie Nelson
Response
David Grene
2: The Women of Trachis: Fictions, Pessimism, Ethics
Bernard Williams
Response
Robert B. Louden
3: Heroic Virtue in America: Aristotle, Aquinas, and Melville’s Billy Budd
Lee H. Yearley
Response
Wendy Doniger
4: Plato’s Crito: The Authority of Law and Philosophy
James Boyd White
Response
Charles M. Gray
5: Kantian Imperatives and Greek Values
Paul Schollmeier
Response
Candace Vogler
6: Platonic Love and Colorado Love: The Relevance of Ancient Greek Norms to Modern Sexual Controversies
Martha C. Nussbaum
Response
Richard Posner
7: The "Speech of Lysias" in Plato’s Phaedrus
Arthur W. H. Adkins
A Toast to Arthur Adkins
David Grene
The Published Works of Arthur W. H. Adkins
Notes on Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Robert B. Louden
1: Justice and Farming in the Works and Days
Stephanie Nelson
Response
David Grene
2: The Women of Trachis: Fictions, Pessimism, Ethics
Bernard Williams
Response
Robert B. Louden
3: Heroic Virtue in America: Aristotle, Aquinas, and Melville’s Billy Budd
Lee H. Yearley
Response
Wendy Doniger
4: Plato’s Crito: The Authority of Law and Philosophy
James Boyd White
Response
Charles M. Gray
5: Kantian Imperatives and Greek Values
Paul Schollmeier
Response
Candace Vogler
6: Platonic Love and Colorado Love: The Relevance of Ancient Greek Norms to Modern Sexual Controversies
Martha C. Nussbaum
Response
Richard Posner
7: The "Speech of Lysias" in Plato’s Phaedrus
Arthur W. H. Adkins
A Toast to Arthur Adkins
David Grene
The Published Works of Arthur W. H. Adkins
Notes on Contributors
Index
For more information, or to order this book, please visit https://press.uchicago.edu
Google preview here
Philosophy: Ethics | History and Classic Works
You may purchase this title at these fine bookstores. Outside the USA, see our international sales information.