David Lay Williams Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Political theorist @DePaulU / Author: The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx (Princeton, 2024)
Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction
Jonathan BarnesDavid Lay Williams@ImranSh35378806 Sure, this is from Aristotle's Rhetoric, Book 2, section 16 (1391a12-15). My edition is from the Complete Works of Aristotle, Revised Oxford Edition, ed. Jonathan Barnes, Vol. 2, Princeton University Press, 1984, p. 2216.
Paperback, 2001
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Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society: The Life of Marx and the Development of His Work
Michael HeinrichDavid Lay WilliamsSource: Michael Henrich's Karl Marx and the Birth of Modern Society (2018), pp. 95-96.
Hardcover, 2019
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Rhetoric
AristotleDavid Lay Williams@ImranSh35378806 Sure, this is from Aristotle's Rhetoric, Book 2, section 16 (1391a12-15). My edition is from the Complete Works of Aristotle, Revised Oxford Edition, ed. Jonathan Barnes, Vol. 2, Princeton University Press, 1984, p. 2216.
Paperback, 2004
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Plato: Clitophon
PlatoDavid Lay Williams@kyebarker @ProfDilts @OlufemiOTaiwo When I teach Plato's Republic, I always teach the whole dialogue, even though on the 10-week quarter system it means taking up half of the course. It's the only way to do justice to the work, and it's always worth the time.
Paperback, 2006
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Socrates: Plato's Apology of Socrates and Crito, With a Part of His Phaedo
Benjamin JowettDavid Lay Williams@DissentientOne As Plato's Socrates reminds us, going after the truth often means fighting sophists.
Hardcover, 2023
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Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
John RawlsDavid Lay Williams@nescio13 @MattNoahSmith For what it's worth, when Rawls cites Rousseau it's usually vague. In fact, his citations to R (outside of his lectures on the history of political philosophy) are to books without any reference to page numbers. E.g., in JF, he cites R on domination. He could cite p#, but doen't.
Paperback, 2008
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Plato's Dialogues: Lysis
PlatoDavid Lay Williams@GarrardGraeme Rousseau was a big fan of Plato's Laws.
Paperback, 2018
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Republic
PlatoDavid Lay Williams@kyebarker @ProfDilts @OlufemiOTaiwo When I teach Plato's Republic, I always teach the whole dialogue, even though on the 10-week quarter system it means taking up half of the course. It's the only way to do justice to the work, and it's always worth the time.
Paperback, 2012
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Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America
Alexis de TocquevilleDavid Lay WilliamsI'm very honored to have received a grant from the Mellon-Foundation-funded @humanities_x program at @DePaulU that will allow my colleague, Matthew Maguire, and I to team-teach a course on Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America next year. https://t.co/WU9uaj2toz
Paperback, 2010
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The History of the Grecian war, in Eight Books: 2
Thucydides ThucydidesDavid Lay Williams@statsowar @grantmcgalliard 1. TCU wins 55-3 and drops to #6 in the CFP rankings. 2. Emari Demarcado 3. Shadrach Banks 4. Gave a lecture at Luther College on Thomas Hobbes and had a wonderful time in Decorah.
Paperback, 2023
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