Hearing, Sound, and the Auditory in Ancient Greece represents the first wide-ranging philosophical study of the role of sound and hearing in the ancient Greek world. Because our modern western culture is a particularly visual one, we can overlook the significance of the auditory which was so central to the Greeks. The fifteen chapters of this edited volume explore "hearing" as being philosophically significant across numerous texts and figures in ancient Greek philosophy.

AcknowledgmentsEditor's Introduction, by Jill GordonPart I: Listening to the Logoi1. Wakeful Living, Wakeful Listening in Heraclitus, by Drew A. Hyland2. Sound, Water, and the Unity of Life in Empedocles, by Michael M. Shaw3. Indoor Voices: Adriana Cavarero and Jacques Derrida on the Devocalization of Logos in Plato, by Michael Naas4. Hearing, Touch, and Practical Intelligence in Aristotle's Philosophy, by Eve Rabinoff5. Listening to the "Egg", by Sean Alexander GurdPart II: Sound Education6. Like Those Who Are Untested: Heraclitus' Logos as Tuning Instrument for Psuchê, by Jessica E. Decker7. Philosophical Listening in Plato's Lysis, by Shane M. Ewegen8. Sound and the Soul in Plato, by Ryan T. DrakePart III: Sound Politics9. Listening to the Seventh Letter, by Jill Gordon10. Observations on Listening in Aristotle's Practical Philosophy, by I-Kai Jeng11. Mis-aulogy: Aristotle on the Politics of Sound, by Sara BrillPart IV: Alogos, Embodiment, and Silence12. The Sound of Pain in Sophocles' Philoctetes, by Rebecca Goldner13. Socratic Death Rattles: Pythagorean Hearing and Listening in Plato's Phaedo, by Kris McLain and Anne-Marie Schultz14. Socrates' Body and the Voice of Philosophy, by James Barrett15. Works of Silence, by Jeremy BellIndex