Engaging and thought-provoking without too much abstraction and with just enough detail to add flavour ... It has something of the chatty vigour of a successful seminar discussion ... infectiously enthusiastic ... . There is
something genuinely invigorating about Critchley's eager open-mindedness, his willingness to step back from modernity to the ancient world and from philosophy to literature
- Emily Wilson, New Statesman
Simon Critchley beguiles as he illuminates
- David Mitchell,
Thoughtful, fascinating
New Yorker