The Art of Assemblage

Studies on Plato and Aristotle

Pavlos Kontos, Mariska Leunissen

• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9781647922733
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Ancient & Classical Philosophy

The Art of Assemblage: Studies on Plato and Aristotle is a collection of twelve essays—six on Plato and six on Aristotle—written by an international group of eminent scholars. In recognition of the work of author, translator, and distinguished professor of philosophy C. D. C. Reeve, the essays address a wide range of topics—ethics and politics, poetics and rhetoric, and metaphysics—reflecting the breadth of Reeve's own scholarship. They exemplify how the "art of assemblage"—that is, the art of interpreting ancient Greek texts—can address some of the most intriguing questions posed by Plato and Aristotle. Together, they reveal continuities between Platonic and Aristotelian thought.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Notes on Editors and Contributors
• Introduction
• Part I: Plato
• 1 Democracy, Freedom, and Tyranny in Plato’s Republic
• 2 Better Liars in Plato’s Hippias Minor
• 3 Platonic Metaphysics and Deontology
• 4 Plato on Pistis: Belief and Trust
• 5 Plato on How to Read Poetry Safely
• 6 In Defense of the Simple Solution: Plato’s Philebus 61a–67b
• Part II: Aristotle
• 7 Infinite Jest? Socrates’ Conception of Craft in the Hippias Minor and Its Implications for Aristotle’s Ethics
• 8 Definition, Existence, and Inquiry in Posterior Analytics II.8–10
• 9 Aristotelian Pop-Up Entities
• 10 Primary Things and Their Essence in Aristotle’s Metaphysics VII.6
• 11 Aristotle’s Rhetoric I.2, 1358a2–35: Two Kinds of Syllogism or Enthymeme
• 12 Iamblichus, Plato, and Aristotle’s Protrepticus
• General Bibliography
• Autobiography of C. D. C. Reeve
• C. D. C. Reeve’s Publications
• Index of Passages
• Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing