Danielle A. Layne

My areas of expertise and publishing are within the domain of Ancient Philosophy, particularly Plato and the later Platonic tradition, e.g. Proclus. My interests in this area are diverse and wide-ranging with publications in Socratic studies, Platonic hermeneutics, late ancient theories of prayer and feminist interpretations of Platonic metaphysics. Overall, all my work tends to problematize the traditional understanding of Plato/Platonism as rejecting the sensible, embodied life.