Xanthippic Dialogues: A Philosophical Fiction

The real Plato is revealed to us, by the women whom he banished from his arguments.

In Plato's dialogues, an idealised Socrates expounds the ideas for which Plato will, until the end of history, be famous. The world of Forms; the ideal Republic with its totalitarian masterplan; the tribute to Eros, god of love (or at least of homosexual love); the promise of soul's salvation - all this has come down to us in the distinctive tone of Plato's teacher.

But how much of it did Socrates believe? Wer...