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 the Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and the Plato's dialogues Theaetetus and Sophist.^[3]

He compared the ideal-real relation existing among the Republic and the Theaetetus for what concerns the epistemology, and then he established an analogy with the political ideal of the Republic and its real actualization described in the Statesman and in the Laws.^[4] In the volume Plato and the Art of Philosophical Writing, Rowe argued that "Plato remains throughout essentially a Socratic".^[5]

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.