BOOK SIGNING WITH PROFESSOR MICHAEL SOUPIOS, AUTHOR OF "PROFILES OF POWER: PHILOSOPHER-KINGS, PRINCES, AND SUPERMEN"

Join us on Friday, October 13, 1-2:30 p.m., for this book signing and free lecture on the concept of power in Plato’s Philosopher-King, Machiavelli’s Prince, and Nietzsche’s Superman. Professor Soupios will demonstrate how these thinkers’ response to power was determined by their investigations of the fundamental nature of humankind, the limits of human understanding, and the question of whether the universe is a rationally ordered domain or an unscripted chaos. Professor Soupios will discuss how, given the widely variant settings in which these men lived, their responses are understandably diverse.  He suggests that at least one concern unites their thoughts and purposes:  that dangerous times necessitate the services of rarefied human types, and that charismatic leadership is a necessary countermeasure against the dissolute tendencies of culture and community. As Professor Soupios argues, it is specifically in these salvational terms that the celebrated power archetypes advanced by Plato, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche must be understood.

Hardcover copies of this book for signing will be available at the lecture for a much-reduced price, thanks to a generous donation by one of our kind supporters.