Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. What Do a Spoiled Egyptian, a Captive Woman, and a Pythagorean Have in Common?: Erasmus on Tradition 8
6. 2. Friends and Lovers in the Symposium: Plato on Tradition 33
7. 3. Plato on Proverbial Wisdom and the Philosophical Life 56
8. 4. Property, Pythagoras, and Ancient Political Philosophy 78
9. 5. Pythagoreans and Christians on Traditioning the Common Life 109
10. 6. Intellectual Property and the Adages 142
11. Conclusion 164
12. Bibliography 175
13. Index 189