"Everything good is on the highway. The middle region of our being is the temperate zone. We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry and lifeless science, or sink into that of sensation. Between these extremes is the equator of life, of thought, of spirit, of poetry - a narrow belt." Emerson

I am Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, having taught in the Department of Philosophy from 1993 to 2021.  I have made contributions to research in several areas of philosophical inquiry, including philosophy as a way of life, the philosophy of time, and the philosophy of the emotions.  In recent years I have carried out quite extensive research on the reception of Hellenistic philosophy in modern European thought, notably Epicurean teaching and Stoicism.  This research resulted in a number of articles and book chapters, as well as the edition of Jean-Marie Guyau's The Ethics of Epicurus (1878), translated and co-edited by Federico Testa and published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2021. I have devoted research to illuminating and engaging with Nietzsche's middle writings in Nietzsche's Search for Philosophy (2018) and Nietzsche's Dawn (2021).  The latter book was co-authored with Rebecca Bamford. A book on Nietzsche on the philosopher, the poets, and the sage titled Nietzsche’s Earthbound Wisdom was published by Chicago University Press in 2025.  I am now researching a book with the working title Changes of Perception: Philosophy and Ways of Seeing, with essays inspired by a range of philosophical and literary figures.