Dr Gerasim Petrinski studied Classical philology at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and History in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Since 2016, he is ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND RHETORIC AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF RHETORIC at the SOFIA UNIVERSITY “ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI”. Petrinski is a member and vice-president of the Bulgarian association of Rhetoric and member of The Association for the Development of the University Classical Education (ADUCE). His previous books include THE RHETORIC IN THE LATE ANTIQUITY AND IN BYZANTIUM (Sofia UP, 2014) and THE BRIDE-SHOWS IN THE BYZANTINE COURT (Polygraph-Jug, 2015). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, ARCHIV FUR MITTELALTERLICHE PHILOSOPHIE UND CULTUR, JOURNAL OF IMAGINATION (İMGELEM), RHETORIC AND COMMUNICATIONS. Donald Phillip Verene is Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy at Emory University and Fellow of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He is the author of numerous books, including Philosophy and the Return to Self-Knowledge, Knowledge of Things Human and Divine, Vico’s New Science: A Philosophical Commentary, and The Rhetorical Sense of Philosophy.
“The combination of precision, accuracy, and stylistic elegance makes this serious and erudite book both profound and pleasant reading.” —Tzotcho Boiadjiev, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sofia