The Companionship of Books

Essays in Honor of Laurence Berns
Herausgeber: Portnoff, Sharon Jo; Yaffe, Martin David; Udoff, Alan

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume is a collection of essays by various contributors in honor of the late Laurence Berns, Richard Hammond Elliot Tutor Emeritus at St. John's College, Annapolis. The essays address the literary, political, theological, and philosophical themes of his life's work as a scholar, teacher, and constant companion of the "great books."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 655g
• ISBN-13: 9780739150467
• ISBN-10: 0739150464
• Artikelnr.: 34225756

Autorenporträt

Alan Udoff is professor of philosophy and Jewish studies at St. Francis College. Martin D. Yaffe is professor of philosophy and religion studies at University of North Texas. Sharon Portnoff teaches at Connecticut College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Part I. Athens and Jerusalem Chapter 1: "In the
Beginning . . . " Chapter 2: The Mazkir Chapter 3: The Philosophy of
Socrates or the Gods the City Believes In Chapter 4: The Transformation of
Courage in Plato's Laches Part II: Literature Ancient and Modern Chapter 5:
Herodotus and Homer on Helen: An Essay on History and Poetry Chapter 6:
Treason and Parricide Chapter 7: For Love of One's Teachers: Dante, Virgil,
and Paganism Chapter 8: How One Philosophizes with a Scalpel: Darwin,
Nietzsche, and Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau Chapter 9: Literature
and the Moral Universe: Camus's The Stranger and Dostoevsky's Crime and
Punishment Part III: The Turn to the New World Chapter 10: Spinoza's
Defense of the Bible: A Model of Modern Statesmanship Chapter 11: America's
Debt to John Milton Part IV: The Return to First Things Chapter 12: The
Essence of Babel: Rousseau on the Origin of Languages Chapter 13: The
Domestication of Nature: A Reading of Darwin's The Origin of Species