The Roots of Political PhilosophyThis book consists of literal English translations of ten Socratic dialogues that have been largely neglected for the last century. Although everyone of these dialogues belongs to the classical canon of Platonic writings and was accepted as genuine in antiquity, most were condemned as forgeries in the early nineteenth centuryand have remained under a shadow ever since. In his long introductory essay, Thomas L. Pangle offers a spirited criticism of