It is a main thrust of philosophical Liberalism (and of ancient Stoicism) that human beings have a duty to rise above not only animal but parochial and sectarian passions. Any attempt to justify revenge must therefore represent a step back toward the jungle from which we escaped all too recently.
Surveys of Western Civ usually convey the impression that Greek literature was dominated by Athenians and their Ionian Greek cousins.
The Homeric Mind: Introduction In this series, I want you to do your best to forget what have been told to believe. We are going to concentrate more on what the Greeks said about themselves, and, more than that, we are going to compare what they said with how they lived. In other words, we are going to do something like what an anthropologist does when he goes to visit an alien and primitive culture. We must set aside our preconceptions, interview the subjects, and observe their behavior. What we find may be shocking, but we shall report the truth,...
It was the Summer of 2008 when I first made my way up to Rockford, Illinois. It was a slow, languorous summer drive, with plenty of preparatory reading to do, some often crammed in during the final segment of the voyage. In many ways, this year was no different. In other ways, the long tentacles of Covid-19 (and its handlers) couldn’t help but be felt by the attendees. But perhaps the miracle is that we were able to meet at all, while most of the world huddled inside or behind masks, frightened by the government, media, and the new bands...
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See full text of complete series here: https://fleming.foundation/2022/01/the-autodidact-homer/
See full text of complete series here: https://fleming.foundation/2022/01/the-autodidact-homer/
See full text of complete article here: https://fleming.foundation/2022/01/the-autodidact-homer/
See full text of complete series here: https://fleming.foundation/2022/01/the-autodidact-homer/
