On Beauty and Measure features renowned philosopher John Sallis' commentaries on Plato's dialogues the Symposium and the Statesman . Drawn from two lecture courses delivered by Sallis, they represent his longest and most sustained engagement to date with either work. Brilliantly original, Sallis's close readings of Plato's dialogues are grounded in the original passages and also illuminate the overarching themes that drive the dialogues. John Sallis is Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. He is author of more than twenty books, including Chorology , Songs of Nature , and Kant and the Spirit of Critique .S. Montgomery Ewegen is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Trinity College. He is author of The Way of the Platonic Socrates and Plato's Cratylus: The Comedy of Language .