Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) |
Contents |
Contents; Preface; Prologue; PART ONE: ENCOUNTERS; 1. The University of Chicago, 194852, 195455; 2. Athens, Rome, and Florence, 195254; 3. St. John's, 195557; 4. Harvard, 195760; 5. Brandeis, New York University, and the New School, 19602001; PART TWO: REFLECTIONS; 6. From Pattern to Dynamic; 7. The "Indeterminate Dyad"; 8. Eros and the City; 9. Philosophy and Science; 10. Christianity and Roman Writers; Index |
Summary |
By turns wickedly funny and profoundly illuminating, Encounters and Reflections presents a captivating and unconventional portrait of the life and works of Seth Benardete. One of the leading scholars of ancient thought, Benardete here reflects on both the people he knew and the topics that fascinated him throughout his career in a series of candid, freewheeling conversations with Robert Berman, Ronna Burger, and Michael Davis. The first part of the book discloses vignettes about fellow students, colleagues, and acquaintances of Benardete's who later became major figures in the academic and int |
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Benardete, Seth -- Interviews
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SUBJECT |
Benardete, Seth. fast (OCoLC)fst00053399 |
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Classicists -- United States -- Interviews
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Classical philology -- Study and teaching -- United States
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Philosophy, Ancient -- Study and teaching -- United States
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Philosophy teachers -- United States -- Interviews
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College teachers -- United States -- Interviews
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Classical philology -- Study and teaching.
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Classicists.
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College teachers.
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Philosophy, Ancient -- Study and teaching.
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Philosophy teachers.
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United States.
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Interviews.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Burger, Ronna, 1947-
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ISBN |
9780226042770 |
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0226042774 |
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