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Aristotle¿s Discovery of the Human offers a fresh, illuminating, and accessible analysis of one of the Western philosophical tradition¿s most important texts. In Aristotle¿s Discovery of the Human, noted political theorist Mary P. Nichols explores the ways in which Aristotle brings the gods and the divine into his ¿philosophizing about human affairs¿ in his Nicomachean Ethics. Her analysis shows that, for Aristotle, both piety and politics are...

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For too long, the films of Woody Allen have been interpreted as expressions of deconstructionism, nihilism, and postmodern angst. In this pathbreaking new book, Mary P. Nichols challenges this, arguing that Allen's work, from Play It Again, Sam to Deconstructing Harry, is actually an attempt to explore and reconcile the tension between art and life. As witty and complex as its subject, Reconstructing Woody shows that Allen is immensely concern...

In this book, Mary P. Nichols argues for the centrality of the idea of freedom in Thucydides' thought.

This book takes a fresh look at Socrates as he appeared to three ancient writers: Aristophanes, who attacked him for his theoretical studies, Plato, who immortalized him in his dialogues, and Aristotle, who criticized his political views. It addresses the questions of the interrelation of politics and philosophy by looking at Aristophanes' Clouds, Plato's Republic, and Book II of Aristotle's Politics¿three sides of a debate on the value of Soc...

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Mary P. Nichols addresses Kierkegaard's and Nietzsche's criticism of Socrates and recovers the place of friendship and community in Socratic philosophizing.

Mary P. Nichols addresses Kierkegaard's and Nietzsche's criticism of Socrates and recovers the place of friendship and community in Socratic philosophizing.

In this commentary on Aristotle's "Politics", the author explores how Aristotle offers political rule as an alternative to both the rule of aristocratic virtue and an unchecked participatory democracy.