A masterful and insightful book on Exodus by one of the finest Hebrew commentators. Too bad he did not live long enough to finish the whole Torah. Cassuto helps readers understand the nature of Hebrew narrative, sets the Torah story in its Ancient Near Easter context. His remarks are perceptive and helpful.

Exodus is the second book of the Hebrew Bible, but it may rank first in lasting cultural importance. It is here that the classic biblical themes of oppression and redemption, of human enslavement and divine salvation, are most dramatically expressed. Joel Baden tells the story of this influential and enduring book, tracing how its famous account of the Israelites’ journey to th...(展开全部)

In the most original interpretation of Aristotle's Politics in years, Michael Davis delivers many memorable and provocative formulations of Aristotle's messages concerning the constitutive tensions of political life. He traces the uncanny parallel between politics and philosophy in Aristotle, arguing that their connection is much deeper than it is ordinarily understood to be an...(展开全部)

In the most original interpretation of Aristotle's Politics in years, Michael Davis delivers many memorable and provocative formulations of Aristotle's messages concerning the constitutive tensions of political life. He traces the uncanny parallel between politics and philosophy in Aristotle, arguing that their connection is much deeper than it is ordinarily understood to be an...(展开全部)

托马斯·潘戈(Thomas L.Pangle，又译潘格尔、潘高)，美国当代著名政治哲学、法哲学家。美国德克萨斯州立大学奥斯汀分校人文学院教授、杰斐逊古典文献研修中心主人、施特劳斯学派第三代代表人物之一、施特劳斯学派东岸领军人物之一、加拿大皇家学院终身成员、德国巴伐利亚科学学会海森堡纪念讲席客座教授。 1944年潘戈生与美国纽约州加弗努尔（Gouverneur, New York），1966年在康奈尔大学拿到文学学士学位（Bachelor of Arts degree，B.A.）。当时阿兰·布鲁姆(Allan Bloom，1930年9月14日-1992年10月7日)正在康奈尔（1963-1970），潘戈在布鲁姆指导下学了政治哲学。传说布鲁姆激发了许多人对政治哲学的兴趣，潘戈显然位列其中。毕业之后他继续深造，去芝加哥大学读了博士。传说他是要追随施特劳斯（...(展开全部)

托马斯·潘戈(Thomas L.Pangle，又译潘格尔、潘高)，美国当代著名政治哲学、法哲学家。美国德克萨斯州立大学奥斯汀分校人文学院教授、杰斐逊古典文献研修中心主人、施特劳斯学派第三代代表人物之一、施特劳斯学派东岸领军人物之一、加拿大皇家学院终身成员、德国巴伐利亚科学学会海森堡纪念讲席客座教授。 1944年潘戈生与美国纽约州加弗努尔（Gouverneur, New York），1966年在康奈尔大学拿到文学学士学位（Bachelor of Arts degree，B.A.）。当时阿兰·布鲁姆(Allan Bloom，1930年9月14日-1992年10月7日)正在康奈尔（1963-1970），潘戈在布鲁姆指导下学了政治哲学。传说布鲁姆激发了许多人对政治哲学的兴趣，潘戈显然位列其中。毕业之后他继续深造，去芝加哥大学读了博士。传说他是要追随施特劳斯（...(展开全部)

There is a major division in the interpretation of Kant, between traditionalists and revolutionaries. Traditionalists see Kant’s work as enmeshed in the prevailing issues of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. They tend to assimilate Kant to his predecessors such as Leibniz, Hume, or Berkeley. Revolutionaries take more seriously Kant’s vehement repudiation of all the earl...(展开全部)

The "Meno", one of the most widely read of the Platonic dialogues, is seen afresh in this original interpretation that explores the dialogue as a theatrical presentation. Just as Socrates's listeners would have questioned and examined their own thinking in response to the presentation, so, Klein shows, should modern readers become involved in the drama of the dialogue. Klein of...(展开全部)

The "Meno", one of the most widely read of the Platonic dialogues, is seen afresh in this original interpretation that explores the dialogue as a theatrical presentation. Just as Socrates's listeners would have questioned and examined their own thinking in response to the presentation, so, Klein shows, should modern readers become involved in the drama of the dialogue. Klein of...(展开全部)