Critiques & Commentary

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
Eva T. H. Brann
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
Dana Densmore
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
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
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
Kelsey Bennett
Homeric Moments: Clues to Delight in Reading the Odyssey and the Iliad
Homeric Moments: Clues to Delight in Reading the Odyssey and the Iliad
Eva T. H. Brann
The Tragedy and Comedy of Life: Plato’s Philebus
The Tragedy and Comedy of Life: Plato’s Philebus
Seth Benardete
Hyperboles The Rhetoric of Excess in Baroque Literature and Thought
Hyperboles The Rhetoric of Excess in Baroque Literature and Thought
Christopher D. Johnson
The Insufficiency of Virtue: Macbeth and the Natural Order
The Insufficiency of Virtue: Macbeth and the Natural Order
Jan H. Blits
Looking Back from the Vision: Trinitarian Structure in the Comedia
Looking Back from the Vision: Trinitarian Structure in the Comedia
Paul Priest
Rousseau’s Rejuvenation of Political Philosophy: A New Introduction
Rousseau’s Rejuvenation of Political Philosophy: A New Introduction
Nelson Lund
The Civic Spectacle: Essays on Drama and Community
The Civic Spectacle: Essays on Drama and Community
Mera J. Flaumenhaft
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
Mass Moralizing: Marketing and Moral Storytelling
Mass Moralizing: Marketing and Moral Storytelling
Phil Hopkins
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
Jeff Black
Castiglione’s Allegory: Veiled Policy in The Book of the Courtier (1528)
Castiglione’s Allegory: Veiled Policy in The Book of the Courtier (1528)
William Randall Albury
Greek Antiquity in Schiller’s Wallenstein
Greek Antiquity in Schiller’s Wallenstein
Gisela Berns
The Eccentric Core: The Thought of Seth Benardete
The Eccentric Core: The Thought of Seth Benardete
Seth Benardete
Pursuits of Happiness: On Being Interested
Pursuits of Happiness: On Being Interested
Eva T. H. Brann
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
Feeling Our Feelings: What Philosophers Think and People Know
Feeling Our Feelings: What Philosophers Think and People Know
Eva T. H. Brann
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
David Bolotin
Socrates and Plato: The Dialectics of Eros
Socrates and Plato: The Dialectics of Eros
Seth Benardete
Achilles and Hector: The Homeric Hero
Achilles and Hector: The Homeric Hero
Seth Benardete
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
The World of the Imagination: Sum and Substance
The World of the Imagination: Sum and Substance
Eva T. H. Brann
Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity: Guide to a First Reading
Faraday’s Experimental Researches in Electricity: Guide to a First Reading
Howard J. Fisher
A Commentary on Plato’s Meno
A Commentary on Plato’s Meno
Jacob Klein
Plato’s Laws: The Discovery of Being
Plato’s Laws: The Discovery of Being
Seth Benardete
Eckhart, Heidegger, and the Imperative of Releasement
Eckhart, Heidegger, and the Imperative of Releasement
Ian Moore
Evolution, Sacrifice, and Narrative: Balzac, Zola, and Faulkner
Evolution, Sacrifice, and Narrative: Balzac, Zola, and Faulkner
Carol Colatrella
Sacred Transgressions: A Reading of Sophocles’ Antigone
Sacred Transgressions: A Reading of Sophocles’ Antigone
Seth Benardete
Heidegger’s Philosophic Pedagogy
Heidegger’s Philosophic Pedagogy
Michael Ehrmantraut
A Commentary on Plato’s Protagoras
A Commentary on Plato’s Protagoras
Larry Goldberg
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
Katie Kretler
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
Eva T. H. Brann
New Heaven, New Earth: Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra
New Heaven, New Earth: Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra
Jan H. Blits
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 End of the Ancient Republic: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
The End of the Ancient Republic: Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar
Jan H. Blits
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
Zusha Elinson
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
The Bow and the Lyre: A Platonic Reading of the Odyssey
The Bow and the Lyre: A Platonic Reading of the Odyssey
Seth Benardete
Telling Narratives: Secrets in African American Literature
Telling Narratives: Secrets in African American Literature
Leslie Lewis
Three Dialogues on Liberal Education
Three Dialogues on Liberal Education
William Darkey
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 Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy: Plato’s Gorgias and Phaedrus
The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy: Plato’s Gorgias and Phaedrus
Seth Benardete
Cities and Transcendence: Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy
Cities and Transcendence: Sophocles and the Politics of Tragedy
Jonathan Badger
The Effective Republic: Administration and Constitution In the Thought of Alexander Hamilton
The Effective Republic: Administration and Constitution In the Thought of Alexander Hamilton
Harvey Flaumenhaft
The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature
The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature
Andrew Hui