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Stallings, who studied classics at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, is currently at work on a verse translation of the Roman philosopher-poet Lucretius’ epic De Rerum Natura. Thus, Stallings’ preoccupation with classical themes is not particularly surprising. What is especially interesting about Stallings’ work is that in spite of her devotion to the Classics, she does not shy away from exploring themes that are uniquely modern—even futuristic...
...there a universal moral law?” and “Is all love sublimated sex?” In answer, Nicholi draws on two of the 20th century’s greatest thinkers: Sigmund Freud, an atheist known for inventing psychoanalysis, and C.S. Lewis, an Oxford don, prolific writer and author of the popular children’s series (arguably a religious allegory) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. These two opposing voices each seek to answer fundamental questions in polar ways: Lewis through God and Freud without. Although they never met, the technique of setting them...
...young adulthood—and justified much of it based on Freud’s philosophical writings. Although primarily involved in clinical work, Freud is considered the father of the “new literary criticism” that Lewis might have studied and used in his teachings at Oxford...
...well, I’ve been invited by many universities to give papers on this, so I began writing maybe at least ten or fifteen years ago. Then I was asked to give the Nobel lectures at Harvard, and then I was asked to give some lectures at Oxford University on Freud and Lewis and this helped crystallize some of my thinking. And then somebody sent a set of my lectures to Simon & Schuster without my knowing it, and they came up to Cambridge and said, “we’d like you to consider writing a book...
...more flexible careers after finishing Harvard realize they will face additional challenges as they gain distance from school. Ali J. Loeb ’02 recognizes that her lifestyle makes settling down somewhat difficult. Loeb plans to work in consulting for two years after graduation, before beginning studies at Oxford or law school...