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very good dust-jacket with only the very slightest wear, attractive black hardcover, very good. PALMER, MICHAEL / PANGLE, THOMAS L., ed. . Political philosophy and the human soul: essays in memory of Allan Bloom. Edited by Michael Palmer and Thomas L. Pangle. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1995, ix, 279pp., . On the sixty-fifth anniversary of the late Allan Bloom's birth, a distinguished group of his former students honor the memory of this inspiring teacher. Political Philosophy and the Human Soul includes a previously unpublished essay on Isocrates by Bloom; a reminiscence by Werner J. Dannhauser; and essays on Homer, the Bible, Plato, Machiavelli, Cervantes, Lessing, Tocqueville, Flaubert, and Leo Strauss. It will interest all students of political philosophy and literature. - CONTENTS: Allan Bloom : a reminiscence / Werner J. Dannhauser -- An introduction to the political philosophy of Isocrates / Allan Bloom -- Love and friendship in Homer's Odyssey / Richard S. Ruderman -- Poet kings : a biblical perspective on heroes / Hillel Fradkin -- The Hebrew Bible's challenge to political philosophy : some introductory reflections / Thomas L. Pangle -- The critique of Homer and the Homeric heroes in Plato's Republic / David Bolotin -- On reading Plato today / Christopher Bruell -- Platonic reflections on philosophic education / James H. Nichols Jr. -- Kings, philosophers, and tyrants in Plato's Republic / Michael Palmer -- Allegory in Machiavelli's Mandragola / Carnes Lord -- Politics, poetry, and prophecy in Don Quixote / Henry Higuera -- Theology and "theatre logic" in Nathan the wise / Allan Arkush -- Alexis de Tocqueville on divine providence and historical progress / Robert P. Kraynak -- Eros and revolution : on Flaubert's Sentimental education / Waller R. Newell -- The liberal politics of Leo Strauss / Nasser Behnegar. 9780847680597 ISBN 0847680592. Seller Inventory # 95393
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