The Greek language is the 13th language in which How to Read Plato is translated. It is perhaps the most translated book in contemporary Platonic literature and, as it seems, meets the needs of the global community of readers of Plato.

The position of the Tübingen School is steadily gaining followers. Even if the only contribution of the book were to discuss the problems of the interpretation of the dialogues in a different way and in a more direct relationship with the Platonic texts, it would be a joy for me to have provided this service to interested readers of Plato around the world - and among them now also to the Greeks.

Starting from the critique of writing in the Phaedrus - where Socrates argues that a book cannot choose its reader nor defend itself from erroneous interpretations - How to Read Plato offers solutions to the problems of interpreting the Platonic dialogues.

- What was Plato aiming for by writing dialogues and not treatises?

- Did he choose the dialogue form to hide his own beliefs and thus maintain what contemporary interpreters have called Platonic anonymity?

- What does his strict critique of writing mean?

- Is Aristotle's reference true that Plato had an oral philosophy?

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]