Emerson‘s Ladder of Ascent: Modernity and the Platonic Tradition

John Michael Corrigan received his doctorate in 2009 from the University of Toronto. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of the United States, University of Toronto. His doctoral thesis and post-doctoral work focus on the American transcendental reinterpretation of ancient thought. He can be reached at johnmcorrigan@gmail.com.