Allan Bloom Bücher

"From Silicon Valley boardrooms to rural communes to academic philosophy departments, a seemingly inconceivable idea is being seriously discussed: that the end of humanity's reign on earth is imminent, and that we should welcome it"--

An erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts.

A collection of moving and meditative poems that richly evoke a Gen X childhood in Los Angeles, exploring how our early recognitions shape our lives.

Um die Frage zu beantworten, was Gerechtigkeit in der Seele des Menschen ist, entwirft Platon das Muster einer guten Polis, in der drei Stände (Bauern, Handwerker, Kaufleute etc. - Wächter - Philosophen) jeweils durch ihr spezifisches Tun zum Gelingen des Gemeinwesens beitragen. Platons Modell ist geradezu kulturrevolutionär mit seinen Paradoxien, den Anweisungen, die gegen den zeitgenössischen gesunden Menschenverstand der Athener verstossen. Frauen und Männer sollen gleich sein; der Wächter- und Philosophenstand soll über kein Privateigentum verfügen und auch Frauen und Kinder sollen ihnen gemeinsam sein; schliesslich sollen die Philosophen regieren. Den Grund dafür veranschaulicht Platon im Höhlengleichnis. Die Philosophen, aufgestiegen aus der Höhle der Unwissenheit zur Erkenntnis der Idee des Guten, haben die Pflicht, wieder zu den Mitmenschen hinabzusteigen und deren Seelen aus der gewöhnlichen Verirrung zum Wahren umzulenken.(Amazon)

A literary critic's journey through the Talmud.

The recent work of this New York-based artist who works with extraordinary painterly and calligraphic artistic detail.

Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato's Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly literal translation of a timeless classic. This second edition includes a new introduction by Professor Bloom, whose careful translation and interpretation of The Republic was first published in 1968. In addition to the corrected text itself there is also a rich and valuable essay—as well as indexes—which will better enable the reader to approach the heart of Plato's intention.

This volume brings together Seth Benardete’s studies of Hesiod, Homer, and Greek tragedy, eleven Platonic dialogues, and Aristotle’s Metaphysics. The Argument of the Action spans four decades of Seth Benardete’s work, documenting its impressive range. Benardete’s philosophic reading of the poets and his poetic reading of the philosophers share a common ground, guided by the key he found in the Platonic dialogue: probing the meaning of speeches embedded in deeds, he uncovers the unifying intention of the work by tracing the way it unfolds through a movement of its own. Benardete’s original interpretations of the classics are the fruit of this discovery of the “argument of the action.”