Christopher Rowe (classicist) explained

Christopher James Rowe OBE (born 1944^[1]) is a British classical scholar. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Classics and Ancient History of Durham University, England, where he was Head of Department 2004–2008. He is a former President of the Classical Association, and was appointed OBE in 2009 for "services to scholarship".^[2]

Thought on Plato

Rowe translated into English and gave an innovative interpretation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Plato's dialogues Theaetetus and Sophist.^[3]

Rowe's work includes consideration of the political ideals of Plato's Republic in relation to the details of political practice described in the Statesman and the Laws.^[4] In the volume Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing, Rowe argued that "Plato remains throughout essentially a Socratic".^[5]

He delivered the Stephen MacKenna lecture at Dublin University in 2009.^[6] In years prior he had also been invited to talk about mythology in primary schools.^[7]

Selected publications

• Written with George Boys-Stones The Circle of Socrates: Readings in the First-Generation Socratics (edited and translated) Hackett Publishing, 2013,
• Plato, Republic (new translation, with introduction and notes) Penguin, 2012,
• The Last Days of Socrates (translated with introduction and notes) Penguin, 2010,
• Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing Cambridge University Press, 2007,
• Written with Terry Penner Plato's Lysis Cambridge University Press, 2005

Notes and References

1. Web site: 108457879: Rowe, Christopher James, 1944 . viaf.org . 12 September 2022.
2. Web site: Prof. Christopher Rowe, OBE, MA, PhD (Cantab.) . Department of Classics and Ancient History: Staff . Durham University . 1 May 2014.
3. Web site: Christopher. Rowe. Getting to know Plato. May 26, 2016. January 7, 2020.
4. Emanuele . Maffi. Christopher Rowe, Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing. Italian. Bulletin Platonicien. Commentaires Aux Dialogues de Platon. 10. 2013. 2275-1785. Revues.org. 10.4000/etudesplatoniciennes.224. 7685568088. January 7, 2021. free. (critical recension)
5. Book: Rowe, Christopher. Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing. 18. Cambridge University Press. 2007. 9781139467797.
6. Rowe . Christopher . 2009 . Reading Socrates in Plato's Dialogues (Stephen MacKenna Lecture, Dublin, January 2009) . Hermathena . 186 . 25–41 . 0018-0750 . registration . JSTOR.
7. News: Tyler . Christian . 31 January 1998 . The logic of learning Latin . . iv . Internet Archive . Christopher Rowe, professor of Greek at Durham University, is invited to talk to primary schools about mythology. 'I find it exhilarating. ! don’t mind at what level l teach people, so long as I have people to teach.'.