Book of Donmon Teith

This book reconnoiters the appearances of the exceptional in Plato: as erotic desire (in the Symposium and Phaedrus), as the good city (Republic), and as the ph

After reestablishing the connection between morality and the law, the author develops a coherent position on many of the most controversial issues of urban life

Originally published in 1964 by The University Press of Virginia.

Saving the City provides a detailed analysis of the attempts of ancient writers and thinkers, from Homer to Cicero, to construct and recommend political ideals

Philosophy has its origins in the city, and in the context of our own highly urbanised modes of living, the relationship between philosophy and the city is more