In this award-winning study of the Phaedrus, Charles Griswold focuses on the theme of "self-knowledge." Relying on the principle that form and content are equal

Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. With new preface and supplementary bibliography.

Examines the role of myth in Plato's Phaedrus, arguing that it leads readers to participate in Plato's dialogues and to engage in self-examination.

The first systematic study of Socrates' interest in selfhood, examining ancient philosophical ideas of what constitutes the self.