Commentary

• Meaning in History by Karl Löwith

  - Lowith, Karl. Meaning in History: The Theological Implications of the Philosophy of History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1949.  
  From the Publisher: Modern man sees with one eye of faith and one eye of reason. Consequently, his view of history is confused. For centuries, the history of the Western world has been viewed from the Christian or classical standpoint—from a deep faith in… More

• Marx and the Ancients : Classical Ethics, Social Justice, and Nineteenth-century Political Economy

  - McCarthy, George E. Marx and the Ancients : Classical Ethics, Social Justice, and Nineteenth-century Political Economy. Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1990.
  From the Publisher: “Marx and the Ancients is the first book-length treatment to detail the relationship between classical Greek philosophy and Karl Marx’s critique of political economy. From his dissertation on the physics and astronomy of… More

• Marx and Aristotle: Nineteenth-Century German Social Theory and Classical Antiquity

  - McCarthy, George E. Marx and Aristotle: Nineteenth-Century German Social Theory and Classical Antiquity. Savage, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1992.
  From the Publisher: “As the Iron Curtain was shattered recently in Eastern Europe, revealing a diversity of cultural traditions lost during the recent past, so too the curtain which has hidden Karl Marx’s writings for many years seems to be… More

• “The Socialist Polis: Antiquity and Socialism in Marx’s Thought”

  - Claudio Katz. “The Socialist Polis: Antiquity and Socialism in Marx’s Thought.” The Review of Politics, Vol. 56 (1994), pp. 237–260.
  Abstract: “The central question guiding this essay is: what does Marx’s socialism owe to classical antiquity? Underlying this question is the thesis that Marx’s studies of classical Greece supply the angle of vision necessary to bring to… More