Since I believe that many of Wikipedia s philosophy related articles need improvement I don t take reversing other editors contributions lightly There have to be multiple reasons but mainly whether the contribution vandalizes the article makes the article philosophically at odds with accepted professionally published sources or less readable for casual visitors While I am delighted to encounter another person who takes as much pleasure from Plato s works as I do I m forced to oppose your edits on all of the above grounds Of course if you can find a peer reviewed professional article to support your addition just as you have stated then I will back off without further conditions That can not be your previous reference to Cooper s Introduction to the Phaedrus which is open in front of me He says nothing about madness Phaedrus 244a ff Naturally these are all based on my personal judgment However according to Wikipedia rules for resolving editing conflicts between editors WP DR you may not insist on changing the article over the other editor s objections as you are doing You need to have a consensus of other interested editors first You don t have that Also please have a look at WP NOR No original research for guidelines