Tragedy since 9/11: Reading a World out of Joint, by Jennifer Wallace

Robert Eaglestone praises a bold attempt to reveal how much of our moral thinking is still conducted in the shadow of the ancient Greeks

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October 17, 2019

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Robert Eaglestone

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