I never met Myles Burnyeat, and though I studied his work carefully, many people know it better than I do. So please don't think I'm presenting as an expert here. But: [1/N]
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Burnyeat was not Plato, but studying him is in some ways analogous: brilliant always, delightful everywhere, always clever but always always serious. Rachel Barney (characteristically) gets Burnyeat right in her review of his collected works : https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/explorations-in-ancient-and-modern-philosophy-volumes-1-2/ … [6/N]
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I could go on, and perhaps I'll have time to do so elsewhere (though other people will surely have much more informed things to say about him). But, for now, RIP. [7/7]
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P.S.: "Plato on Why Mathematics is Good for the Soul" is one of the very best papers I read during my Ph.D. I still think about it often. [8/7]
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