Nate Meyvis

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]

He was one of the very biggest influences on me as a student of ancient philosophy. I kept the Burnyeat/Levett _Theaetetus_ to hand through my dissertation (which centered on that dialogue). The harder I studied the dialogue, the more I saw the wisdom of his notes. [2/N]

...And I'm saying that even though I chose to spend years writing on that subject partly because I thought the existing literature was importantly lacking in its treatment of it. [3/N]

People don't talk much about "Platonism and Mathematics: A Prelude to Discussion," which if memory serves was a conference talk that became part of an edited volume. But it's essential for anyone who wants to think seriously about Greek epistemology... [4/N]

...or at least the corner of it having to do with math, Plato's Republic, and the way Aristotle is and isn't a Platonist. The issues he raises fundamentally informed my understanding of Plato. And, again, that's a very very small part of Burnyeat's corpus. [5/N]