A review of New Essays on Plato: Language and Thought in Fourth-Century Greek Philosophy by Fritz-Gregor Herrmann. A review of On Soren Kierkegaard: Dialogue, Polemics, Lost Intimacy, and Time by Edward F. Mooney. More and more on John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand by Richard Reeves. A review of Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings: Piecewise Approximations to Reality by William C. Wimsat. A very public feud between philosophers Ted Honderich and Colin McGinn involving damning book reviews, professional roastings and personal slights shows how bitter, unforgiving — and unwittingly hilarious — academic spats can be.
