Philosophy, Art, and the Imagination: Essays on the Work of John Sallis

James Risser, Ph.D. (1978), Duquesne University, is Professor of Philosophy at Seattle University. His main research areas are hermeneutics, aesthetics, and ancient Greek philosophy.

• Foreword On Leaving Footprints: Some Remarks on the Legacy of John Sallis  Dennis J. SchmidtList of FiguresAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionJames Risser and Walter Broganpart 1Directions within Greek Philosophy1 “Beneath the Earth and in the Heavens” John Sallis in His ElementsMichael Naas2 Philosophy and Monstrosity, an Ode to ArtemisSara Brill3 Boundless Images John Sallis and the Ancient GodsClaudia Baracchi4 “Shaggy, Lustful, Partly Animal” John Sallis on Plato’s SymposiumS. Montgomery Ewegen5 The Stretch between Limitless Flow and Absolute Stasis Figuring the Flow of Nature and the Determinacy of BeingWalter Broganpart 2On Art and Translation6 Freeing the EyeAlejandro A. Vallega7 Interpreting the “Sense” of ArtJames Risser8 To Speak of Art … at the LimitJeffrey Powell9 On Translating John SallisDrew A. Hylandpart 3Concerns of Philosophy10 On the Way to the Sensible Disrupting Simple DirectionsPeg Birmingham11 John Sallis’ Liminal PhenomenologyDaniela Vallega-Neu12 Elemental Ecology Reading John Sallis in an Age of Earth CrisisJason M. Wirth13 Force of Imagination as Critical Turning Point Sallis and the Future of PhilosophyBernard FreydbergResponseJohn SallisIndex