Category: Fleming
Italian II.1
Continued study of Passato Rimoto and a lot of vocabulary on asking and giving directions.
Darkness Visible: Elizabethan Black Magic, Part I
The men of the English Renaissance prided themselves on their rationality and their freedom from the barbarous superstitions of the Middle Ages
Greek I.40 Irregular Adjectives with audio ΑΝD CORRECTIONS
One common type of irregular adjective and two oddballs.
Victorian Poems: Yeats
Here are three poems–I may add one or two more–of William Butler Yeats that show the influence of his lifelong interest in the occult.
If You Know, You Know
You know you are living in an ideological tyranny, when……Please fill in the blanks. I’ll start with a few.
Victorian Poems: Ernest Dowson
These are several poems of Ernest Dowson (1867-1902). Everyone who has any knowledge of English verse is familiar with his most famous poem, “Cynara,” which has suffered the indignity of being quoted in O’Neil’s play “Long Day’s Journey” and parodied by Cole Porter.
Darkness Visible: Newton, Conclusion–Alchemy
The 17th century in Europe was a bridge between the unbridled arrogance of the Renaissance and the technocratic self-confidence projected in the Enlightenment.
Italian II.0 UPDATED 06/11 and 06/16
Anyone who wishes to follow, in however desultory a fashion, this Italian course should register by June 10.
Podcast: Communism and Capitalism
An informal discussion of two false ideologies that are mirror images of each other.
