A review by nathankitchen
Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals by Mark Edmundson

3.0

This book is ambitious. What else can you call a work that aims to link together Homer, the Buddha, Jesus, Plato, Shakespeare, and Freud around one pair of central concepts? There were plenty of times that I felt like the author was overstating his case (for rhetorical impact?).

Nevertheless, it was worth reading. I don't agree with all of his interpretations of the great works, but I do think they were ideas worth engaging with.