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The Argument of the Action
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,…
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The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila by Herself
Born in the Castilian town of Avila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when she was twenty-one. Tormented by illness, doubts and self-recrimination, she gradually came…
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The Theban Plays
‘O Light! May I never look on you again, Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting, Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood!’ The legends surrounding the royal house…
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The Tomb of Oedipus
Nearly Everything We Think We Know about Greek Tragedy Is WrongIf Greek tragedies are meant to be so tragic, why do they so often end so well? Here starts the…
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