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Dispersing the Clouds of Temptation reminds us of what philosophy was originally meant to be: high-level conceptual thinking employed in service of real-life problems. Lightbody's tour through the notion of akrasia doesn't just help us understand ourselves better--it helps us become who we are meant to be. --Neal DeRoo, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dordt College In this remarkable philosophical work, Brian Lightbody achieves two important scholarly aims. He brilliantly shows the central role that emotions, both positive and negative, play in the human quest of self-transformation and self-approbation. He also brings out forcefully the relevance of Plato's dialogues for a better understanding of the bodily conditions of a virtuous, good, and rational life. --Gabor Csepregi, Vice-President (Academic and Research), Saint Boniface University

Dispersing the Clouds of Temptation reminds us of what philosophy was originally meant to be: high-level conceptual thinking employed in service of real-life problems. Lightbody's tour through the notion of akrasia doesn't just help us understand ourselves better--it helps us become who we are meant to be. --Neal DeRoo, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dordt College In this remarkable philosophical work, Brian Lightbody achieves two important scholarly aims. He brilliantly shows the central role that emotions, both positive and negative, play in the human quest of self-transformation and self-approbation. He also brings out forcefully the relevance of Plato's dialogues for a better understanding of the bodily conditions of a virtuous, good, and rational life. --Gabor Csepregi, Vice-President (Academic and Research), Saint Boniface University

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Brian Lightbody is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brock University, located in Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada. He has published numerous articles and book chapters on such diverse thinkers as Foucault, Nietzsche, Haack, Marcuse, and Husserl, in addition to three monographs: Philosophical Genealogy: An Epistemological Reconstruction of Nietzsche and Foucault's Genealogical Method (2 vols.) and The Problem of Naturalism: Analytic Perspectives, Continental Virtues.

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