The self and the soul
The inward work of attention, character, courage, friendship, and judgment. Wisdom begins in the life a person is actually living, with its limits, appetites, loves, and responsibilities.
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The Eternal Renaissance
A sustained inquiry into the formation of the human being: what tragedy teaches us about suffering, what virtue asks of us in ordinary life, and what increasingly powerful technology makes necessary.
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Cover study · A work in preparationThe Eternal
Renaissance
A book in developmentThe questions at its heart
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Who must I become?
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What do I owe my fellow citizens?
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How should human power be governed?
Inside the inquiry
A book to think with.
A life to bring it into.
For readers who want philosophy to reach beyond opinion and into the shape of a life—without escaping the difficult demands of citizenship and technology.
The republic
The movement from private character to public responsibility. Citizenship demands truthfulness, civic friendship, restraint, and the willingness to serve a world shared with people who disagree.
The world and our power
The ancient question of human limits returns in the age of artificial intelligence. Promethean tools make the formation of judgment more urgent: what should we create, protect, refuse, and hand on?
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the writing itself.
Substantial selections from the supplied writing archive. Manuscript excerpts retain their working status.
From the author’s desk
The work is taking shape.
The flagship manuscript is in development and author review. The themes presented here are an introduction to the work, not a claim that a finished edition is on sale.