Animating the Spirited

Abstract Aristotle argues that the actions central to human flourishing are those that involve reason. But reason manifests itself in a human life in more than one w...

In The Virtue of Wit: Humor, Social Connection, and Flourishing, Clair Morrissey argues that wit is a form of social ingenuity, an aptitude for building and maintaining human conne...

Bonaccorso Pitti (1354-1432) was a merchant, politician and ambassador, entrusted by the Republic of Florence with difficult missions to the kings of France and the emperor. He has...

Chapter 4 turns its attention to the stasis of letter versus spirit. Traditionally, this stasis has been understood as pitting the exact words of a text against the author’s intent...

One of the purposes of the present book is to provide an updated review of the current psychology of facial expression and to acknowledge the growing contribution of neuroscientist...