Wittgenstein and Plato Connections, Comparisons and Contrasts

Wittgenstein was a faithful and passionate reader of Plato's Dialogues as confirmed by writings and witnesses. Here well-known scholars of Wittgenstein and Plato illuminate the relationship between the two philosophers both philologically and philosophically, and provide new interpretation keys of two of the leading figures of Western thought.

Preface Notes on Contributors 1. Wittgenstein's Debt to Plato; Joachim Schulte 2. Wittgenstein Reads Plato; Wolfgang Kienzler 3. 'The Socratic Method!': Wittgenstein and Plato; Luigi Perissinotto, 4. The Scales and the Compass of Philosophy. Wittgenstein in the Mirror of Plato; Cecilia Rofena 5. Knowing Where to Turn: Analogy, Method and Literary Form in Plato and Wittgenstein; Mark W. Rowe 6. The World Seen Sub Specie Aeternitatis: Wittgenstein's Platonism; Begona Ramon Camara, 7. Plato, Wittgenstein and the Origins of Language; Antoni Defez 8. Plato, Wittgenstein and the Definition of Games; Catherine Rowett 9. Writing and Communicating Philosophy. Consonances Between Plato and Wittgenstein; Silvana Borutti and Fulvia De Luise, 10. Wittgenstein, Plato and the 'Craving For Generality'; Franco Trabattoni 11. On Philosophy's (Lack Of) Progress: From Plato to Wittgenstein (and Rawls); Rupert Read 12. How Wittgenstein Refused to be 'The Son Of'; Antonia Soulez 13. Radical Enlightenment Optimism: Socrates and Wittgenstein; Thomas Wallgren Index

Silvana Borutti, University of Pavia, Italy Antoni Defez i Martín, University of Girona, Catalonia, Spain Fulvia de Luise, University of Trento, Italy Wolfgang Kienzler, University of Jena, Germany Rupert Read, University of East Anglia, UK Cecilia Rofena, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy M.W. Rowe, University of East Anglia,UK Catherine Rowett, University of East Anglia, UK Joachim Schulte, University of Zürich, Switzerland Antonia Soulez, University of Paris 8-St Denis/Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris, France Franco Trabattoni, University of Milan, Italy Thomas Wallgren, University of Helsinki, Finland.