Critiques & Commentary

Reb Zalman Gathers Figs: A Study of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s Reading of Biblical Text to Re-Vision Judaism for the Present Day
Reb Zalman Gathers Figs: A Study of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s Reading of Biblical Text to Re-Vision Judaism for the Present Day
Figures of Thought: A Literary Appreciation of Maxwell’s Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
Figures of Thought: A Literary Appreciation of Maxwell’s Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
Thomas K. Simpson
Looking Back from the Vision: Trinitarian Structure in the Comedia
Looking Back from the Vision: Trinitarian Structure in the Comedia
Socrates and Plato: The Dialectics of Eros
Socrates and Plato: The Dialectics of Eros
Seth Benardete
Homeric Moments: Clues to Delight in Reading the Odyssey and the Iliad
Homeric Moments: Clues to Delight in Reading the Odyssey and the Iliad
Evolution, Sacrifice, and Narrative: Balzac, Zola, and Faulkner
Evolution, Sacrifice, and Narrative: Balzac, Zola, and Faulkner
Carol Colatrella
Greek Antiquity in Schiller’s Wallenstein
Greek Antiquity in Schiller’s Wallenstein
Castiglione’s Allegory: Veiled Policy in The Book of the Courtier (1528)
Castiglione’s Allegory: Veiled Policy in The Book of the Courtier (1528)
The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy: Plato’s Gorgias and Phaedrus
The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy: Plato’s Gorgias and Phaedrus
Seth Benardete
Eckhart, Heidegger, and the Imperative of Releasement
Eckhart, Heidegger, and the Imperative of Releasement
The Insufficiency of Virtue: Macbeth and the Natural Order
The Insufficiency of Virtue: Macbeth and the Natural Order
Mass Moralizing: Marketing and Moral Storytelling
Mass Moralizing: Marketing and Moral Storytelling
Phil Hopkins
An Approach to Aristotle’s Physics: With Particular Attention to the Role of his Manner of Writing
An Approach to Aristotle’s Physics: With Particular Attention to the Role of his Manner of Writing
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
Zusha Elinson
A Theory of the Aphorism: From Confucius to Twitter
A Theory of the Aphorism: From Confucius to Twitter
Andrew Hui
A Commentary on Plato’s Protagoras
A Commentary on Plato’s Protagoras
Plato’s Laws: The Discovery of Being
Plato’s Laws: The Discovery of Being
Seth Benardete
Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century
Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century
Eric Springsted
Then and Now: The World’s Center and the Soul’s Demesne
Then and Now: The World’s Center and the Soul’s Demesne
Three Dialogues on Liberal Education
Three Dialogues on Liberal Education
Rousseau’s Rejuvenation of Political Philosophy: A New Introduction
Rousseau’s Rejuvenation of Political Philosophy: A New Introduction
Nelson Lund
Frodo’s Wound: Why The Lord of the Rings Is a Great Book
Frodo’s Wound: Why The Lord of the Rings Is a Great Book
Krishnan Venkatesh
The Civic Spectacle: Essays on Drama and Community
The Civic Spectacle: Essays on Drama and Community
The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do About It
The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do About It
John Agresto
Maxwell’s Mathematical Rhetoric: Rethinking the Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
Maxwell’s Mathematical Rhetoric: Rethinking the Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
Thomas K. Simpson
The World of the Imagination: Sum and Substance
The World of the Imagination: Sum and Substance
The End of the Ancient Republic: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
The End of the Ancient Republic: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
The Music of the Republic: Essays on Socrates’ Conversations and Plato’s Writings
The Music of the Republic: Essays on Socrates’ Conversations and Plato’s Writings
Feeling Our Feelings: What Philosophers Think and People Know
Feeling Our Feelings: What Philosophers Think and People Know
The Tragedy and Comedy of Life: Plato’s Philebus
The Tragedy and Comedy of Life: Plato’s Philebus
Seth Benardete
Heidegger’s Philosophic Pedagogy
Heidegger’s Philosophic Pedagogy
The Bow and the Lyre: A Platonic Reading of the Odyssey
The Bow and the Lyre: A Platonic Reading of the Odyssey
Archaeology of the Soul: Platonic Readings of Ancient Poetry and Philosophy
Archaeology of the Soul: Platonic Readings of Ancient Poetry and Philosophy
Seth Benardete
Rousseau’s Critique of Science: A Commentary on the Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts
Rousseau’s Critique of Science: A Commentary on the Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts
Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity: Guide to a First Reading
Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity: Guide to a First Reading
Disorienting Dharma: Ethics and the Aesthetics of Suffering in the Mahabharata
Disorienting Dharma: Ethics and the Aesthetics of Suffering in the Mahabharata
Emily T. Hudson
Telling Narratives: Secrets in African American Literature
Telling Narratives: Secrets in African American Literature
Leslie Lewis
Sacred Transgressions: A Reading of Sophocles’ Antigone
Sacred Transgressions: A Reading of Sophocles’ Antigone
The Eccentric Core: The Thought of Seth Benardete
The Eccentric Core: The Thought of Seth Benardete
Seth Benardete
A Commentary on Plato’s Meno
A Commentary on Plato’s Meno
A Commentary on the Book of Genesis
A Commentary on the Book of Genesis
Robert D. Sacks
The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature
The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature
Andrew Hui
Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C.S. Lewis
Narnia and the Fields of Arbol: The Environmental Vision of C.S. Lewis
David O'Hara
Hyperboles The Rhetoric of Excess in Baroque Literature and Thought
Hyperboles The Rhetoric of Excess in Baroque Literature and Thought
Christopher D. Johnson
Pursuits of Happiness: On Being Interested
Pursuits of Happiness: On Being Interested
Cities and Transcendence: Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy
Cities and Transcendence: Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy
Jonathan Badger
Tapping the Wellsprings of Action: Aristotle’s Birth of Tragedy as a Mimesis of Praxis
Tapping the Wellsprings of Action: Aristotle’s Birth of Tragedy as a Mimesis of Praxis
Principle & Propensity: Experience and Religion in the Nineteenth Century British and American Bildungsroman
Principle & Propensity: Experience and Religion in the Nineteenth Century British and American Bildungsroman
Achilles and Hector: The Homeric Hero
Achilles and Hector: The Homeric Hero
The Effective Republic: Administration and Constitution In the Thought of Alexander Hamilton
The Effective Republic: Administration and Constitution In the Thought of Alexander Hamilton
New Heaven, New Earth: Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra
New Heaven, New Earth: Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra