City of Man

“On its face, this text presents an undertaking that many would find laughable. Yet, the end result is nothing short of an incisive and wholly new reading of what is arguably the backbone of the Western canon. It is a true rarity to find scholarship like this today, almost to the point that it makes one wonder how a thinker like Jean-Luc Beauchard exists at all.”


—Bryan Cocchiara, instructor of philosophy, Brookdale Community College





“If this book accomplishes nothing else than to stand as a reminder of the right and wrong way to approach Plato (and, perhaps, every other text as well), it would still deserve to be called a masterpiece. For it stands, like Socrates in Athens, as a memorial of our ignorance.”


—John Manoussakis, associate professor of philosophy, College of the Holy Cross





“In City of Man, Jean-Luc Beauchard leads us through the labyrinth of the dialogues, using his pen as a sword to slay the monsters hidden within and weaving an incredibly subtle thread to guide us back to safety. The gods will no doubt smile on this modern-day son of Theseus and reward him justly for his exceedingly fine achievement.”


—Joaquim Maria Nivola, translator of Les problèmes d’un problème