The Eccentric Core The Thought of Seth Benardete by Ronna Burger (English) Paper

Description: The Eccentric Core The Thought of Seth Benardete by Ronna Burger, Patrick Goodin This volume is a tribute to the thought of Seth Benardete by contributors who had the rare good fortune of studying with him or those who discovered the treasure of his writings. Benardetes classical scholarship and remarkable knowledge of Greek served his philosophic quest to understand the nature of things, which he pursued through a brilliant practice of interpretation of texts. He found in the Platonic dialogue—in the action through which the argument unfolds—the key to philosophic thinking, and this enabled him, in turn, to read the poets philosophically. He was fully immersed in the world of the ancients, starting with Homer, but their works opened up for him a way to the fundamental questions—about justice and love, nature and law, the city and the gods. Seeing, as he once put it, that "the problem of the human good is grounded in the city, and the problem of being in god," he came to the conclusion that "Political philosophy is the eccentric core of philosophy." Benardete wrote this statement reflecting on the political-theological issue in the work of his teacher, Leo Strauss; but the paradoxical notion of an "eccentric core," which gives this volume its title, expresses the characteristic way his own thinking so often moves from an off-center observation to disclose, unexpectedly, the unifying focal point of a whole. This collection had its origin in a small conference organized by Patrick Goodin in the spring of 2005 at Howard University. It expanded to include papers from an earlier memorial conference for Benardete at the New School for Social Research in December 2002 and a reflection just after his death, in November 2001, as well as reviews of his books published over the years. The essays about or inspired by Benardetes thought—on the Bible and Homer, the pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle and the Roman writers—suggest the remarkable range of his teaching and studies. The centrality of Plato is evident not only in these essays but also in the reviews, by readers who appreciate the importance of Benardetes work, its subtlety and its depth. The volume closes with three of Benardetes previously unpublished essays and a bibliography of his writings. Harvey Mansfield, Ronna Burger, Laurence Lampert, John Blanchard, Olivia Delgado de Torres, Heinrich Meier, Michael Davis, Robert Berman, Patrick Goodin, Richard Velkley, Holly Haynes, Steven Berg, Bryan Warnick, Stanley Rosen, Will Morrisey, Arlene Saxonhouse, Abraham Anderson, Martin Sitte, Steven Berg, Edward Rothstein, Mark Blitz, Vincent Renzi, Svetozar, and including Seth Benardete. Patrick Goodin is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Howard University, where he has taught since 1996. He received his PhD from the New School for Social Research in 1996 after writing his dissertation, under Benardetes supervision, on Aristotles de Anima. His research and teaching interests include Ancient Greek Philosophy, Africana, Afro-Caribbean and African American Philosophy. Ronna Burger is Catherine & Henry J. Gaisman Chair and Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University. After completing her dissertation on Platos Phaedrus, directed by Benardete, she went on to write The Phaedo: A Platonic Labyrinth (Yale 1985, St. Augustines Press, revised edition 2016). She is the author of Aristotles Dialogue with Socrates: On the Nicomachean Ethics (Chicago 2008) as well as co-editor with Michael Davis of two collections of Seth Benardetes writings, The Argument of the Action (Chicago 2000) and The Archaeology of the Soul (St. Augustines Press 2012). FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Ronna Burger is a professor of philosophy at Tulane University. Description for Bookstore This volume is a tribute to the thought of Seth Benardete by contributors who had the rare good fortune of studying with him or those who discovered the treasure of his writings. Benardetes classical scholarship and remarkable knowledge of Greek served his philosophic quest to understand the nature of things, which he pursued through a brilliant practice of interpretation of texts. He found in the Platonic dialogue--in the action through which the argument unfolds--the key to philosophic thinking, and this enabled him, in turn, to read the poets philosophically. He was fully immersed in the world of the ancients, starting with Homer, but their works opened up for him a way to the fundamental questions--about justice and love, nature and law, the city and the gods. Seeing, as he once put it, that "the problem of the human good is grounded in the city, and the problem of being in god," he came to the conclusion that "Political philosophy is the eccentric core of philosophy." Benardete wrote this statement reflecting on the political-theological issue in the work of his teacher, Leo Strauss; but the paradoxical notion of an "eccentric core," which gives this volume its title, expresses the characteristic way his own thinking so often moves from an off-center observation to disclose, unexpectedly, the unifying focal point of a whole. This collection had its origin in a small conference organized by Patrick Goodin in the spring of 2005 at Howard University. It expanded to include papers from an earlier memorial conference for Benardete at the New School for Social Research in December 2002 and a reflection just after his death, in November 2001, as well as reviews of his books published over the years. The essays about or inspired by Benardetes thought--on the Bible and Homer, the pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle and the Roman writers--suggest the remarkable range of his teaching and studies. The centrality of Plato is evident not only in these essays but also in the reviews, by readers who appreciate the importance of Benardetes work, its subtlety and its depth. The volume closes with three of Benardetes previously unpublished essays and a bibliography of his writings. Harvey Mansfield, Ronna Burger, Laurence Lampert, John Blanchard, Olivia Delgado de Torres, Heinrich Meier, Michael Davis, Robert Berman, Patrick Goodin, Richard Velkley, Holly Haynes, Steven Berg, Bryan Warnick, Stanley Rosen, Will Morrisey, Arlene Saxonhouse, Abraham Anderson, Martin Sitte, Steven Berg, Edward Rothstein, Mark Blitz, Vincent Renzi, Svetozar, and including Seth Benardete. Patrick Goodin is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Howard University, where he has taught since 1996. He received his PhD from the New School for Social Research in 1996 after writing his dissertation, under Benardetes supervision, on Aristotles de Anima. His research and teaching interests include Ancient Greek Philosophy, Africana, Afro-Caribbean and African American Philosophy. Ronna Burger is Catherine & Henry J. Gaisman Chair and Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University. After completing her dissertation on Platos Phaedrus, directed by Benardete, she went on to write The Phaedo: A Platonic Labyrinth (Yale 1985, St. Augustines Press, revised edition 2016). She is the author of Aristotles Dialogue with Socrates: On the Nicomachean Ethics (Chicago 2008) as well as co-editor with Michael Davis of two collections of Seth Benardetes writings, The Argument of the Action (Chicago 2000) and The Archaeology of the Soul (St. Augustines Press 2012). Details ISBN1587315807 Short Title ECCENTRIC CORE Pages 352 Language English ISBN-10 1587315807 ISBN-13 9781587315800 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 180 Year 2018 Publication Date 2018-01-03 Subtitle The Thought of Seth Benardete Edited by Goodin, Patrick Imprint St Augustines Press Place of Publication Indiana Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2018-01-03 NZ Release Date 2018-01-03 US Release Date 2018-01-03 UK Release Date 2018-01-03 Author Patrick Goodin Publisher St Augustines Press Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161850675;

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