TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY.................................7
The Tyrant and the Philosopher: Xenophon’s Hiero and
the Reconceiving of the Philosophical Life
Dustine Peone (Mercer University).........................................7

II. BOOK REVIEWS.................................................................29
Димитър Божков „История и еманципация. Клио из пасажите
на модерността“, София, Университетско издателство
Св. Климент Охридски,” 2022. (Dimitar Bozhkov, History
and Emancipation: Clio through the Passages of Modernity,
Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2022, 213 pp., ISBN 9789540754055)
Severina Stankeva (University of Sofia)...................................29
Alessandra Aloisi, The Power of Distraction:
Diversion and Reverie from Montaigne to Proust.
London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023, 202 pp., ISBN: 9781350342958
Alberto Parisi (Kobe University)................................................33

III. ASPIRATION CORNER.......................................................37
Peter Wessel Zapffe: The Ontological Tragedy of Human Being
Sarah Dierna (University of Catania)........................................37
From Aristotle to Heidegger: Metaphysics Cannot Die
Antimo Lucarelli (University of London)....................................58
Highlighting the DSM-V’s Omission of Client Context
Kevin Michael Stevenson (Irish Association for Counselling
and Psychotherapy and University of Sofia).............................66
The Evolution of Ideology in Marxist Theory
Hristian Mavrodiev (University of Sofia)....................................78
The Sierra Leonean Youth: Hope is the currency of the Future
Simon Eyram Tsike-Sossah (University of Sofia)........................89
Constructing Connection: The Soul Bridge
as a Transformative Contribution to the Philosophy of Empathy
Freya Katharina Gerz (University of Potsdam)..........................102

IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS...........................................................127
Master’s Program in Philosophy Taught in English
at the University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski"......................127
Doctoral Program in Philosophy Taught in English
at the University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”......................130

V. INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHORS...............................133