Debra Hawhee

I struggle with whether to give this 2 or 3 stars, but in the end I give it 3. The authors are clearly anti-traditional thought as often as they can manage without much reason. Case in three points: (1) they staunchly but subtley defend in but a few sentences the "Older Sophists" that Plato despised and scorn Plato; (2) "In ancient Greek thought, a person's logos was her name, her history, everything that could be said about her," although ancient Greek thought on such matters probably did not frequently include females; (3) they criticize grammar and spelling rules and even postulate that soon we will entirely give over to spelling "bright" as "brite" and so forth. The book also babbles on needlessly, fails to get to the point, bolds several words in each chapter frequently without giving even a hint as to what they mean (providing a glossary in the back), and does not make the reading flow or seem interesting, which is a shame for a book supposedly helping a writer and scrupulous reader be more aware of such things. It does contain much info of great use, however, if you can extract it effectively and sufficiently.… (lisätietoja)