"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, and with a focus on modern thinkers and writers, notably Bergson, Deleuze, and Nietzsche.  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.   I am the author of ten books and have edited & co-edited a further ten books. Several of the books have been translated, including editions in Chinese, Korean, Italian (forthcoming), Portuguese, and Turkish. 

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 on Nietzsche and philosophical heroism, which I am co-authoring with Paul S. Loeb. I am also researching a book with the working title Ways of Living, Ways of Seeing, focused on four thinkers: Bergson, Emerson, Ortega y Gasset, and Santayana.