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24History of American Political ThoughtLexington Books. 2003.This book is a collection of secondary essays on America's most important philosophic thinkers—statesmen, judges, writers, educators, and activists—from the colonial period to the present. Each essay is a comprehensive introduction to the thought of a noted American on the fundamental meaning of the American regime
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13The Greeks and the Environment (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1997.Environmental ethicists have frequently criticized ancient Greek philosophy as anti-environmental for a view of philosophy that is counterproductive to environmental ethics and a view of the world that puts nature at the disposal of people. This provocative collection of original essays reexamines the views of nature and ecology found in the thought of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and Plotinus. Recognizing that these thinkers were not confronted with the environmental degradation that threatens…Read more
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19Thinking About the Environment: Our Debt to the Classical and Medieval Past (edited book)Lexington Books. 2002.Why should the work of the ancient and the medievals, so far as it relates to nature, still be of interest and an inspiration to us now? The contributions to this enlightening volume explore and uncover contemporary scholarship's debt to the classical and medieval past. Thinking About the Environment synthesizes religious thought and environmental theory to trace a trajectory from Mesopotamian mythology and classical and Hellenistic Greek, through classical Latin writers, to medieval Christian v…Read more
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29Rhetoric and Reality in Plato's Phaedrus (review)Review of Metaphysics 47 (3): 647-648. 1994.Recent years have seen the publication of several full-length studies of Plato's Phaedrus as well as the appearance of influential shorter treatments but the Phaedrus still has much to offer and David White's book is a very welcome contribution to the literature.
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30The Metaphysical Science of Aristotle's Generation of Animals and Its Feminist CriticsReview of Metaphysics 46 (2). 1992.HOW DOES LIFE BEGIN? How is it and why is it that a child comes into being? To answer these questions about life and its origins requires a system of presuppositions about a great many metaphysical matters, such as causation and its modes of operation, relations of identity and difference, and, perhaps above all, the transition from not-being to actualized existence. In his treatise, Generation of Animals, Aristotle takes up the theme of the origins of animal and human life. His treatment of the…Read more
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21Aristotle’s Philosophical Development (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 37 (2): 236-239. 1997.
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25Aristotle Against the Hippocratics on Sexual Generation: A Reply to ColesPhronesis 44 (3): 228-241. 1999.
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23Method in Ancient Philosophy (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 40 (1): 121-123. 2000.
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29Substances and Universals in Aristotle’s Metaphysics (review)International Philosophical Quarterly 36 (2): 254-256. 1996.
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62Proceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy (review)Ancient Philosophy 12 (1): 181-185. 1992.
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Fordham UniversityAssociate Professor
Areas of Specialization
History of Western Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
History of Western Philosophy |