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.

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