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Nicholas J. Pappas

Nick Pappas is a graduate of the University of Chicago (English) and holds a degree from Harvard Law School. Over the past 20 years he’s written a series of philosophical dialogues published by Algora Publishing, developing in some depth the philosopher character “Director,” who converses with friends and acquaintances and brings out the richness of life enhanced by philosophy. Nick also writes poems and short stories. Nick lives in Buffalo, NY, where he teaches high school English.

Rule

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A Philosophical Dialogue

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In this casual, modern philosophical dialogue, Nick’s characters turn over the concepts of power, democracy, order and anarchy, and from there they fly off into a galaxy of inter-related ideas that trigger new thinking about the infinite facets of human interactions that help to shape our lives.

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Philosophers from Socrates and Plato to Machiavelli, Rousseau, Nietzsche and Strauss have used the “dialogue” to test ideas. Here, Nick’s characters compare democratic rule to life-without-rule, asking whether life without rule is possible? How does it differ from anarchy? Is it a Utopia? Power, equality vs. the appreciation of natural differences, loyalty to one’s own…Like will align with like, and conflict will arise. Yet opposites attract! And so one thought leads to another, fueling a fine, creative discussion.