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Socrates lived a remarkable life. He also died a remarkable death: He had been tried for corrupting the youth of Athens and other alleged misdeeds, found guilty by his fellow citizens, and sentenced to die by drinking poison hemlock. He could have avoided this punishment by throwing himself on the mercy of the court or by running away after the sen
... See moreWilliam B. Irvine • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
The success of Lübeck demonstrates important tools for creating thriving cities that apply to this day. Even in the Digital Age, businesspeople like to get together and gossip, trade, compete, and collaborate.
Jonathan F. P. Rose • The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life
The legacy of Romulus and Remus?
Mary Beard • SPQR
The legacy of Romulus and Remus?
Mary Beard • SPQR
Polybius on the politics of Rome
Mary Beard • SPQR
The period we have been considering is peculiar in the fact that, though its great men are inferior to those of many other epochs, their influence on future ages has been greater. Roman law, monasticism, and the papacy owe their long and profound influence very largely to Justinian, Benedict, and Gregory. The men of the sixth century, though less c
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
As Saint Augustine famously said, “To err is human; to persist in error is diabolical.”[1]
Yuval Noah Harari • Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
What had happened in the great age of Greece happened again in Renaissance Italy: traditional moral restraints disappeared, because they were seen to be associated with superstition; the liberation from fetters made individuals energetic and creative, producing a rare florescence of genius; but the anarchy and treachery which inevitably resulted fr
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