Robert C. Bartlett

Emory University
Ph.D., Boston College

Robert C. Bartlett is the Arthur M. Blank/National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Teaching Professor at Emory University. He holds an M.A. in Classics and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston College.

Professor Bartlett's principal research concerns the history of moral and political philosophy, with special attention to the political thought of classical antiquity. His books are The Idea of Enlightenment: A Postmortem Study (University of Toronto Press, 2001) and Action and Contemplation: Studies in the Moral and Political Thought of Aristotle (coeditor and contributor, SUNY Press, 1999). He is working on a new translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, to be published by the University of Chicago Press.

Repeatedly recognized for excellence in teaching by the Emory University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Professor Bartlett has also received an award for excellence in teaching in the social sciences from the Center for Teaching and Curriculum at Emory and a "Crystal Apple" for excellence in undergraduate lecturing, an award voted on by the student body.

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Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle

By Professor Robert C. Bartlett, Emory University

The arguments of the Greek thinkers Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle represent daring leaps into some of the most profound and intellectually exciting concepts in philosophy. Challenge and satisfy your intellectual curiosity with Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle, an in-depth exploration of the dramatic turn in philosophical direction that began with these three philosophers. Award-winning Professor Robert C. Bartlett guides you through this astonishing era in the history of human thought—one that permanently altered our approach to the most important questions humanity can pose.

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Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle & Great Ideas of Philosophy, 2nd Edition (Set)
By Professor Robert C. Bartlett, Emory University

Master more than 3,000 years of rich philosophical discussion. Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle explores the profound impact of these three great philosophers on the subsequent history of human thought. Great Ideas of Philosophy, 2nd Edition is a revealing examination of how Western philosophers have tackled profound human issues including the problem of knowledge and the problem of governance.

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Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle & Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 3rd Edition (Set)

By Professor Robert C. Bartlett, Emory University

Meet some of Western philosophy's greatest thinkers and explore their undeniable impact on how we view and understand the world around us with this two-course set. Start with an engaging introduction to the three ancient thinkers who gave birth to our intellectual tradition in Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle. Then, get a comprehensive survey of Western philosophy as it extends from its origins in classical Greece up to the dilemmas of the late 20th century in Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition, 3rd Edition.

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