The Tulane Department of Classical Studies presents the Dennis A Georges Lecture in Hellenic Culture
The Mythology of Philosophy: Plato's Republic and the Oddyssey of the Soul
Dr. Jacob A. Howland (The University of Tulsa)
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 7PM in the Stibbs Conference Room Room 203
JACOB A. HOWLAND, the McFarlin Professor of Philosophy at the The University of Tulsa, is a specialist in the fields of ancient Greek philosophy and political philosophy and an authority on Plato. He is the author of The Republic: The Odyssey of Philosophy (1993, 2004), The Paradox of Political Philosophy: Socrates’ Philosophic Trial (1998), and articles on Plato and Aristotle. His newest book, Kierkegaard and Socrates: A Study in Philosophy and Faith, will appear this spring from Cambridge
