This book is intended for the use of the candid student, devised as a monitory preparation for deeper study of the philosophy of Spinoza. By its means it is hoped that the student may avoid the chief
'Two things give Kitto's classic book its enduring freshness: he pioneered the approach to Greek drama through internal artistry and thematic form, and he always wrote in lively and readable English.'
Drawing on recent discoveries, this study reconstructs the material culture of the Christian Ongut in Inner Mongolia. As much of this material no longer survives in the field, it provides an insight i
This comparative study of theory and literature illustrates the complexity of colonial and canonical marginalization on the basis of race, class, and gender. Through the use of cultural criticism and
In this book, William H. F. Altman argues that it is not order of composition but reading order that makesEuthyphro, Apology of Socrates,Crito, and Phaedo “late dialogues,” and shows why Plato’s decis
The pedagogical technique of the playful Plato, especially his ability to create living discourses that directly address the student, is the subject of Plato the Teacher. “The crisis of the Republic”
By subjecting Nietzsche to a Platonic critique, author William H. F. Altman punctures his “pose of untimeliness” while making use of Nietzsche’s own aphoristic style of presentation. Friedrich Wilhelm
