Daniel Algom

Living a Purposeful Life

Philosophy

“This fascinating book by Professor Kaplan unfolds several of the most arresting stories of Western literature, classical and recent, in a chronicle of a formidable scholar’s wresting with meaning and purpose in life. I view Kaplan’s book as amplification on a grand scale of the famous dictum by Antoine de Saint Exupery in The Little Prince: ‘It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.’”

Oedipus The Teacher

Fiction

“It is a tour de force. I wonder if any other active person could write such a work, exhibiting the command of the gamut of Jewish and Hellenistic teachings. Kaplan considers both Greek and Jewish traditions, cloaked in a dramatic context, but focuses mainly on Judaism's profound ideas. Moreover, as he has done in major previous contributions, Kaplan explores the nature and meaning of the Judaic weltanschauung for therapy and the person's wellbeing.”