Description: This book takes us on a tour of the philosophic spirit from its beginnings in Greek thought to the modern age.
Brief description: Donald Phillip Verene is Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy at Emory University and Fellow of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He is the author of numerous books, including Philosophy and the Return to Self-Knowledge, Knowledge of Things Human and Divine, Vico's New Science: A Philosophical Commentary, and The Rhetorical Sense of Philosophy.