Critiques & Commentary

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
The World of the Imagination: Sum and Substance
The World of the Imagination: Sum and Substance
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
Sacred Transgressions: A Reading of Sophocles’ Antigone
Sacred Transgressions: A Reading of Sophocles’ Antigone
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
Eckhart, Heidegger, and the Imperative of Releasement
Eckhart, Heidegger, and the Imperative of Releasement
Cities and Transcendence: Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy
Cities and Transcendence: Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy
Jonathan Badger
Archaeology of the Soul: Platonic Readings of Ancient Poetry and Philosophy
Archaeology of the Soul: Platonic Readings of Ancient Poetry and Philosophy
Seth Benardete
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
A Theory of the Aphorism: From Confucius to Twitter
A Theory of the Aphorism: From Confucius to Twitter
Andrew Hui
A Commentary on the Book of Genesis
A Commentary on the Book of Genesis
Robert D. Sacks
Homeric Moments: Clues to Delight in Reading the Odyssey and the Iliad
Homeric Moments: Clues to Delight in Reading the Odyssey and the Iliad
Then and Now: The World’s Center and the Soul’s Demesne
Then and Now: The World’s Center and the Soul’s Demesne
New Heaven, New Earth: Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra
New Heaven, New Earth: Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra
The Effective Republic: Administration and Constitution In the Thought of Alexander Hamilton
The Effective Republic: Administration and Constitution In the Thought of Alexander Hamilton
Hyperboles The Rhetoric of Excess in Baroque Literature and Thought
Hyperboles The Rhetoric of Excess in Baroque Literature and Thought
Christopher D. Johnson
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
Pursuits of Happiness: On Being Interested
Pursuits of Happiness: On Being Interested
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
The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy: Plato’s Gorgias and Phaedrus
The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy: Plato’s Gorgias and Phaedrus
Seth Benardete
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
Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity: Guide to a First Reading
Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity: Guide to a First Reading
Evolution, Sacrifice, and Narrative: Balzac, Zola, and Faulkner
Evolution, Sacrifice, and Narrative: Balzac, Zola, and Faulkner
Carol Colatrella
Three Dialogues on Liberal Education
Three Dialogues on Liberal Education
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
Zusha Elinson
The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature
The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature
Andrew Hui
Looking Back from the Vision: Trinitarian Structure in the Comedia
Looking Back from the Vision: Trinitarian Structure in the Comedia
Feeling Our Feelings: What Philosophers Think and People Know
Feeling Our Feelings: What Philosophers Think and People Know
Socrates and Plato: The Dialectics of Eros
Socrates and Plato: The Dialectics of Eros
Seth Benardete
Mass Moralizing: Marketing and Moral Storytelling
Mass Moralizing: Marketing and Moral Storytelling
Phil Hopkins
Greek Antiquity in Schiller’s Wallenstein
Greek Antiquity in Schiller’s Wallenstein
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
Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century
Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century
Eric Springsted
The Civic Spectacle: Essays on Drama and Community
The Civic Spectacle: Essays on Drama and Community
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 End of the Ancient Republic: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
The End of the Ancient Republic: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
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
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 Insufficiency of Virtue: Macbeth and the Natural Order
The Insufficiency of Virtue: Macbeth and the Natural Order
Rousseau’s Rejuvenation of Political Philosophy: A New Introduction
Rousseau’s Rejuvenation of Political Philosophy: A New Introduction
Nelson Lund
Heidegger’s Philosophic Pedagogy
Heidegger’s Philosophic Pedagogy
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
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
The Bow and the Lyre: A Platonic Reading of the Odyssey
The Bow and the Lyre: A Platonic Reading of the Odyssey
Telling Narratives: Secrets in African American Literature
Telling Narratives: Secrets in African American Literature
Leslie Lewis
A Commentary on Plato’s Meno
A Commentary on Plato’s Meno
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
The Tragedy and Comedy of Life: Plato’s Philebus
The Tragedy and Comedy of Life: Plato’s Philebus
Seth Benardete
Achilles and Hector: The Homeric Hero
Achilles and Hector: The Homeric Hero
The Eccentric Core: The Thought of Seth Benardete
The Eccentric Core: The Thought of Seth Benardete
Seth Benardete