The Mask of Socrates

  Acknowledgments

 expand sectionI.  Introduction: Image, Space, and Social Values
 expand sectionII.  The Intellectual as Good Citizen
 collapse sectionIII.  The Rigors of Thinking
 Zeno's Furrowed Brow
 Chrysippus, "The Knife That Cuts Through the Academics' Knots"
 The Thinker's Tortured Body
 Chrysippus' Beard
 The "Throne" of Epicurus
 Bodies, Healthy and Unhealthy
 Who Would Honor a Cynic?
 The Philosopher and the King
 Poseidippus: The Hard Work of Writing Poetry
 Soft Pillows and Softer Poets
 expand sectionIV.  In the Shadow of the Ancients
 expand sectionV.  Hadrian's Beard
 expand sectionVI.  The Cult of Learning Transfigured

  Epilogue  Ancient Philosophers and the Modern Intellectual
  Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works
 expand sectionNotes
  Sources of Illustrations
  Bibliography
 expand sectionGeneral Index
 expand sectionIndex Locorum
 expand sectionMuseum Index

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