The St. John’s Review Volume XLVI, number one (2000) Editor Pamela Kraus Editorial Board Eva T. H. Brann Jarnas Carey Beate Rubm von Oppen Joe Sachs Jobn Van Doren Robert B, Williamson Elliot Zuckerman Subscriptions and Editorial Assistant Blakely Phillips The St. John's Review is published by the Office of the Dean, St. John’s College, Annapolis: Christopher B, Nelson, President; Harvey Flaumenhafé, Dean, For those not on the distribution list, subscriptions are $15.00 for three issues, even though the magazine may sometimes appear semiannually rather than three times a yeat. Unsolicited essays, stories, poems, and reasoned letters are welcome. Address correspondence to the Review, St. John’s College, PO. Box 2800, Annapolis, MD 21404-2800, Back issues are available, at $5.00 per issue, from the St. John’s College Bookstore. ©2001 St. John’s College. All rights reserved; reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. ISSN 0277-4720 Desktop Publishing and Printing The Su. John’s Public Relations Office and the Si, Jobn’s Collge Print ShopContents Essays and Lectures Plato and the Measure of the Incommensurable Part One: The Paradigms of Theaetetus... Arirthanayagam David We Nietzscheans.... John Verdi The Power & Glory of Platonic Dialogue.... Carl Page The Discovery of Nature... James Carey