Autodidact: The Ancient Wisdom of Theognis
We are fortunate in having the poems of Theognis, a Megarian conservative aristocrat who lived through this period and sighed for the good old days.
Author: Thomas Fleming
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Hesiod and His World
The name of Hesiod was often coupled with that of Homer, though the two are different expressions of the Greek mind and temperament. While Homer writes of aristocratic warriors, Hesiod, in his surviving works, is more concerned with expounding rustic life and its values and with making coherent sense of the gods. As a Greek writer, he was the first agrarian but also the first theologian and the godfather of philosophy.
The Autodidact’s Reading List: General Introduction
This reading list (very much a work in progress) is offered in the hope that it will help families, schools, and people of all ages to read some of the really valuable books in the American, British, European, and classical traditions.
Booklog I: The Man in the High Castle, etc.
In past years, I have from time to time attempted to write and post a diary of my reading. Unfortunately, I always tried too hard, picking books I thought would either interest or improve my readers. This time, I am going to note, simply, erratically, and occasionally relevantly, what I am reading and whatever stray thoughts have cropped up.
Poems: Horace, Alexander Pope, William Gladstone, and an Ungreat Unknown
Lest you should think that verse shall die,
Which sounds the Silver Thames along,
Taught on the wings of Truth, to fly
Above the reach of vulgar song;
Podcast: Urban Blight–The Solution
Anyone with one eye half open is aware that American cities have become jungles of violence and sewers of vice. Unfortunately, most of the remedies proposed are worse than the disease. The only possible way out lies with changes more radical than Eastern Europe undertook at the end of the Cold War.
Chris Cuomo and Sean Hannity v. the Little People
Chris Cuomo has finally succeeded in attracting public attention. Cuomo was with his family in a bar on Shelter Island, New York, when a Dittohead stranger approached him and made the mistake of calling him “Fredo”—a not very imaginative nickname coined, apparently, by Rush Limbaugh. Cuomo exploded
Total Recall
Jerry Nadler says Trump’s rhetoric reminds him of Germany in the 1930’s. I didn’t know he was that old.
Globalism Begins at Home, Conclusion
There is no secret plot or conspiracy to undermine our national sovereignty, unless by conspiracy we mean the collective will of the political class. The Bushes and the Clintons would be rightly outraged if they heard rumors of such suspicions. Opposing globalization today is like criticizing affirmative action, challenging women’s rights, or pointing out that homosexuals are a serious drain on our finite medical resources.
