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 · Examined Lives Twelve Great Thinkers and the Search for Wisdom, from Socrates to Nietzsche James Miller. James Miller is professor of politics and liberal studies, and faculty director of the MA in creative publishing and critical journalism .  · “James Miller's Examined Lives is a wise and courageous book that reminds us of the sheer delight of the love of wisdom and the unsettling effect of the philosophic life. Our age is in many ways a battle between the hard-earned serenity of Montaigne and the inescapable torment of Nietzsche. Miller gives us armor in this battle!”.  · "James Miller's Examined Lives is a wise and courageous book that reminds us of the sheer delight of the love of wisdom and the unsettling effect of the philosophic life. Our age is in many ways a battle between the hard-earned serenity of Montaigne /5(33).

James Miller. Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche. By James Miller. Hardcover, pages. Farrar, Straus Giroux. List Price: $ Once upon a time, philosophers were figures of wonder. In Examined Lives, James Miller returns to this vibrant tradition with short, lively biographies of twelve famous philosophers. Socrates spent his life examining himself and the assumptions of others. His most famous student, Plato, risked his reputation to tutor a tyrant. Examined Lives. Author: James Miller. SOCRATES. Socrates in profile, a graphite drawing, c. , by the British poet, printmaker, and mystagogue William Blake (). "I was Socrates," Blake remarked near the end of his life. "I must have had conversations with him. So I had with Jesus Christ.

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