Publisher's Synopsis
This volume covers such noted figures and topics as:
- Lucian, Greek writer of satirical dialogues, essays, rhetorical exerises, and comic narratives
- Walter Map, British essayist, courtier, and civil servant
- William of Ockham, English philosopher and theologian
- Sextus Propertius, Roman poet
- Sankara, Indian philosopher, theologian, and mystic