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Plato's political thought continues to be of enduring interest among classicists, philosophers, political theorists, and intellectual historians. The present volume introduces readers to the topic through a survey of important recent trends in the scholarly literature.

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“John Lombardini uses original readings of a variety of texts to reconstruct ancient debates about the meaning and significance of Socratic irony, giving us a new way to think about Socrates’ relationship to democracy and about his complex legacy.”—John Zumbrunnen, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Moving beyond Plato’s Socratic dialogues to works by Aristophanes, Xenophon, and Aristotle,  Lombardini’s innovative...

The Taurine Symposium- "Taurine: Beginning the 21'' Century"- was held September 20-23, 2002, on the beautiful island of Kauai in Hawaii. The headquarters of the meeting was the Radisson Kauai Beach Resort. This international meeting was attending by approximately 80 individuals from 23 nations and 4 continents. Seventy-five papers were presented either as platform presentations or poster presentations. Taurine, first isolated from ox bile in ...

The underlying philosophy of these two symposia on taurine remains the same as all those that have been held previously: the best way to remain current in the subject matter is to talk directly with the investigators at the forefront of the field. Thus, we brought together some 50 individuals from 11 different countries who have keen interests and active research programs in the many-faceted areas of taurine research. The meetings were held on...

What is the physiological, pharmacological, nutritional, and pathological role of taurine? This latest volume in our mini series of Taurine Symposia proceedings, Taurine - Significance for the 21st Century, held September 20-23, 2002, in Kauai, Hawaii, discusses the role and actions of taurine and attempts to answer this central question.