Some of the latest research in the field of ancient philosophy appears each year in this series. The 1997 edition includes articles on Aristotle, Plato, and Heraclitus which focus on deeply entrenched debates about particular problems in these texts. In general, the authors put forward and defend innovative interpretations which require readers to rethink the frameworks in which these problems have previously been cast.

Aristotle’s Politics has received much attention in recent years. Neglected until the later Middle Ages, perhaps because of its disdain for monarchy, it is now a favorite text among historians of politics and political theorists. One of the newest additions to the scholarship is Richard Kraut’s commentary on books 7 and 8 in Oxford’s formidable Clarendon Aristotle series.