 In the latter part of his career , Havelock 's relentless pursuit of his unvarying thesis led to a lack of interest in addressing opposing viewpoints . In a review of Havelock 's The Greek Concept of Justice , a book that attempts to ascribe the most significant ideas in Greek philosophy to his linguistic research , the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre accuses Havelock of a " brusque refusal to recognize the substance of the case he has to defeat . " As a result of this refusal , Havelock seems to have been caught in a conflict of mere contradiction with his opponents , in which without attempt at refutation , he simply asserts repeatedly that philosophy is fundamentally literate in nature , and is countered only with a reminder that , as MacIntyre says , " Socrates wrote no books . " 
