Political philosophy and the human soul
Subtitle: essays in memory of Allan Bloom
By: edited by Michael Palmer and Thomas L. Pangle.
Contributors: Bloom, Allan David, 1930-; Palmer, Michael, 1952-; Pangle, Thomas L.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Political science -- Philosophy.; Religion and politics.
Description: 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 Political Philosophy and the Human Soul includes a previously unpublished essay on Isocrates by Bloom; a reminiscence by Werner J. Dannhauser; and essays on Homer, the Bible, Plato, Machiavelli, Cervantes, Lessing, Tocqueville,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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.