David Roochnik is the Maria Stata Professor of Classical Greek Studies at Boston University, and is the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in teaching. His books include Retrieving Aristotle in an Age of Crisis (2013), Retrieving the Ancients: An Introduction to Greek Philosophy (Blackwell, 2004), Beautiful City: The Dialectical Character of Plato”s Republic (2003), Art and Wisdom: Plato”s Understanding of Techne (1996) and The Tragedy of Reason: Toward a Platonic Conception of Logos (1991).
12 Ebooks by David Roochnik
David Roochnik: Thinking Philosophically
Thinking Philosophically: An Introduction to the Great Debates presents a highly accessible introduction to five of the most fundamental debates in world philosophy.
* Introduces five fundamental …
PDF
English
DRM
€24.99
David Roochnik: Thinking Philosophically
Thinking Philosophically: An Introduction to the Great Debates presents a highly accessible introduction to five of the most fundamental debates in world philosophy.
* Introduces five fundamental …
EPUB
English
DRM
€24.99
Eric Sanday & Gregory Recco: Plato’s Laws
Readers of Plato have often neglected the Laws because of its length and density. In this set of interpretive essays, notable scholars of the Laws from the fields of classics, history, philosophy, an …
EPUB
English
DRM
€9.49
Professor David Roochnik: Eat, Drink, Think
What role does food play in the shaping of humanity? Is sharing a good meal with friends and family an experience of life at its best, or is food merely a burdensome necessity? David Roochnik …
EPUB
DRM
€31.29
David Roochnik: Retrieving Aristotle in an Age of Crisis
In 1935 Edmund Husserl delivered his now famous lecture ‘Philosophy and the Crisis of European Humanity, ‘ in which he argued that the ‘misguided rationalism’ of modern Western science, dominated by …
EPUB
English
DRM
€38.99
David Roochnik: Tragedy of Reason
The classical conception of reason (or logos) has been repeatedly attacked in the modern era. Its enemies range from Descartes, who complains that logos is not sufficiently useful or precise, to …
PDF
DRM
€35.97
David Roochnik: Tragedy of Reason
The classical conception of reason (or logos) has been repeatedly attacked in the modern era. Its enemies range from Descartes, who complains that logos is not sufficiently useful or precise, to …
EPUB
DRM
€36.63
David Roochnik: Tragedy of Reason
First Published in 1991. This book attempts to defend a conception of reason-or to use the Greek word "logos"-that I contend can be extracted from the dialogues of Plato. The very notion of …
PDF
English
DRM
€33.49
David Roochnik: Tragedy of Reason
First Published in 1991. This book attempts to defend a conception of reason-or to use the Greek word "logos"-that I contend can be extracted from the dialogues of Plato. The very notion of …
EPUB
English
DRM
€33.72
David Roochnik: Retrieving the Ancients
Provides an accessible introduction to ancient Greek philosophy, enhanced with new features and content
Retrieving the Ancients offers a clear and engaging narrative of one of the most fertile …
PDF
English
DRM
€33.99
David Roochnik: Retrieving the Ancients
Provides an accessible introduction to ancient Greek philosophy, enhanced with new features and content
Retrieving the Ancients offers a clear and engaging narrative of one of the most fertile …
EPUB
English
DRM
€33.99
David Roochnik: Beautiful City
In this slim but elegantly written volume, Roochnik (philosophy, Boston Univ.) treats Plato’s ‘Republic’ as a dialogue, which is to say that he is attentive to the fact that ‘The Republic’ develops …
PDF
English
DRM
€187.37
