Gersh, Stephen. Reading Plato, Tracing Plato: From Ancient Commentary to Medieval Reception.(Book review) From: The Review of Metaphysics | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Ewbank, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2006 Philosophy Education Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

GERSH, Stephen. Reading Plato, Tracing Plato: From Ancient Commentary to Medieval Reception. Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate Press, 2005. xix + 330 pp. Cloth, $114.95--This collection examines Platonic influences on European speculation between the fourth and fourteenth centuries. Speculators are treated in historical order, although four principal focuses synchronically unify differing groups of essays emphasizing particular considerations: (a) the transmission of doctrines, (b...

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