Socrates has long been enthroned as the epitome of Greek rationalism, but Hans (English, Wake Forest U.) finds that his ideas were a bit more complex than the Platonic and later equation that rational is good and irrational is bad. He looks closely at the Ion, the Apology, the Phaedrus, and the Republic dialogues. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)