Bøger af Michael Davis

An interpretation of Heidegger's "Being and Time", Nietzsche's "On the Genealogy of Morals", Aristotle's "Metaphysics" and Plato's "Lysis" as examples of the implicitly autobiographical character of philosophy. It goes on to provide a reading of Rousseau's "Reveries of the Solitary Walker".

Introduction; 1. Charles Pigott, The Jockey Club; or a Sketch of the Manners of the Age; 2. [James Parkinson], Old Hubert, pseud., An Address to the Hon. Edmund Burke from the Swinish Multitude (London, 1793; 3. James Henry Lawrence, An Essay on the Nair System of Gallantry and Inheritance; 4.

A study of George Eliot as a psychological novelist, this work examines his writings in the context of a large volume of nineteenth-century scientific writing about the mind. It reveals how Eliot responds both creatively and critically to contemporary theories of mind.

Analyzes works by Homer, Herodotus, Euripides, Plato, and Aristotle to reveal how the ancient Greeks portrayed and understood what the author calls 'the fully human soul'. Beginning with Homer's "Iliad", this work lays out the tension within the soul of Achilles between immortality and life.

Offering an interpretation of Aristotle's "Politics", this work examines formulations of Aristotle's messages concerning the constitutive tensions of political life. The significant parallel between politics and philosophy in Aristotle is also documented in the discussion.

Ethics and the University provides a stimulating and provocative analysis of academic ethics which will be useful to students, academics and practitioners.