<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> This collection of essays presents the history of the “Tübingen School of Plato”, including all the central works by its principal exponents. It includes detailed descriptions of the succession of theoretical principles that characterized Platonism from pre-Socratic philosophy to Neo-Platonism. The elucidation of interconnections within the broad realm of contemporary Plato research make this volume a perfect introduction to Plato.