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Ronna Burger
Since antiquity the Phaedo has been considered the source of "the twin pillars of Platonism" - the theory of ideas and the immortality of the soul. Tracing the movement of…
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Seth Benardete
This volume brings together Seth Benardete's studies of Hesiod, Homer, and Greek tragedy, eleven Platonic dialogues, and Aristotle's Metaphysics.
The Argument of the Action spans four decades of Seth Benardete's…
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Tracing the argument of the Ethics as it emerges through that approach, this book shows how Aristotle represents ethical virtue from the perspective of those devoted to it while standing…
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This collection of essays, presented in honour of Ronna Burger, addresses questions and themes that have animated her thinking, teaching, and writing over the years. With a view to the…
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Ronna Burger,Patrick Goodin
This volume is a tribute to the thought of Seth Benardete by contributors who had the rare good fortune of studying with him or those who discovered the treasure of…
Seth Benardete,Ronna Burger,Michael Davis
The Archaeology of the Soul is a testimony to the extraordinary scope of Seth Benardete’s thought. Some essays concern particular authors or texts; others range more broadly and are thematic…
Through careful interpretative essays on Greek poets, Shakespeare, and the Hebrew Bible, Athens, Arden, Jerusalem explores fundamental questions about God, human nature, and the political order. The collection of essays…
This collection of essays examines the relationship between competing conceptions of nature and woman. By looking at the problems and questions associated with human thinking about nature and woman, the…
A discussion of the intersections between Aristotle’s works: Ethics and Metaphysics . It debates the ways in which - and even the extent to which - the two texts illuminate…
