Achilles and Hector
Title | Achilles and Hector PDF eBook |
Author | Seth Benardete |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 160 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
Benardete's 1955 doctoral dissertation in social thought for the University of Chicago was published in two parts in the St. John's Review in the spring and summer of 1985. The parts do not take the opposing hero's of Homer's Iliad in turn, as might be expected, but discuss first the style and then the plot. There is no index. Annotation 2005 Book
Achilles & Hector
Title | Achilles & Hector PDF eBook |
Author | Homer |
Publisher | Franklin Classics |
Total Pages | 180 |
Release | 2018-10-07 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780341770749 |
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The Twenty-second Book of the Iliad
Title | The Twenty-second Book of the Iliad PDF eBook |
Author | Homer |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 92 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | Epic poetry, Greek |
ISBN |
The Iliad of Homer
Title | The Iliad of Homer PDF eBook |
Author | Homer |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | 349 |
Release | 2022-06-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3375039131 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. Translated into English Verse in the Spenserian Stanza.
Achilles & Hector
Title | Achilles & Hector PDF eBook |
Author | Agnes Spofford Cook Gale |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 186 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | Mythology, Greek |
ISBN |
The Ajax Dilemma
Title | The Ajax Dilemma PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Woodruff |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 272 |
Release | 2011-10-20 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0199912416 |
We live in a world where CEOs give themselves million dollar bonuses even as their companies go bankrupt and ordinary workers are laid off; where athletes make millions while teachers struggle to survive; a world, in short, where rewards are often unfairly meted out. In The Ajax Dilemma, Paul Woodruff examines one of today's most pressing moral issues: how to distribute rewards and public recognition without damaging the social fabric. How should we honor those whose behavior and achievement is essential to our overall success? Is it fair or right to lavish rewards on the superstar at the expense of the hardworking rank-and-file? How do we distinguish an impartial fairness from what is truly just? Woodruff builds his answer to these questions around the ancient conflict between Ajax and Odysseus over the armor of the slain warrior Achilles. King Agamemnon arranges a speech contest to decide the issue. Ajax, the loyal workhorse, loses the contest, and the priceless armor, to Odysseus, the brilliantly deceptive strategist who will lead the Greeks to victory. Deeply insulted, Ajax goes on a rampage and commits suicide, and in his rage we see the resentment of every loyal worker who has been passed over in favor of those who are more gifted, or whose skills are more highly valued. How should we deal with the "Ajax dilemma"? Woodruff argues that while we can never create a perfect system for distributing just rewards, we can recognize the essential role that wisdom, compassion, moderation, and respect must play if we are to restore the basic sense of justice on which all communities depend. This short, thoughtful book, written with Woodruff's characteristic elegance, investigates some of the most bitterly divisive issues in American today.
The Iliad
Title | The Iliad PDF eBook |
Author | Homer |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 172 |
Release | 1876 |
Genre | |
ISBN |