And that's the book." Saenz's young-adult novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe was a big winner at this year's American Library Association awards for children's literature.

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is a classic work of philosophy, especially in virtue ethics. I hope this video can help guide you through the book and help you read it for yourself. Topics include ...

Aristotle’s Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher’s 4th century BCE treatise on what constitutes the best form of poetry is our ...

Poetics is included because that lecturer was correct – it’s an essential read, at least for anyone interested in the history of ideas, or the history of literature, or in tracing how we find ...

In fact, Sáenz — who came out after a 15-year marriage at the age of 54 — said that writing the book helped him heal and make peace with his own closeted life and abuse growing up.

What if literature was an invention for making us happier and healthier? wenjin chen/Getty Images. Shortly after 335 B.C., within a newly built library tucked just east of Athens’ limestone city ...

Consider these 10 books that take place in the Lone Star State. advertisement. The Corpus Christi Caller Times. ... Dante and Aristotle are loners, but completely different.

Theophrastus, was an ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Aristotle and became the father of botany. What was his ...

If you haven’t yet heard of Benjamin Alire Sáenz, a queer author from El Paso, it’s about time you do. The 57-year-old Sáenz has been penning novels and poems, along with painting, for 35 years.

Russo’s latest book, “Birthday,” which also features trans characters, is out this month. 2. “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” by Benjamin Alire Sáenz ...

Diogenes Laertius compiled “Lives of the Eminent Philosophers” sometime early in the 3rd century. Virtually nothing is known about him, but his book enjoyed centuries of esteem as a richly ...